High

Zend Framework XXE Vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 17.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package zendframework/zendframework1 >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.12, >= 1.12.0-rc1, < 1.12.0 1.11.12, 1.12.0

References

CVSS score 7.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Platform
Composer
Package
zendframework/zendframework1
Disclosed
17.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: zendframework/zendframework1

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (34) in the archive
Total entries
34
First → latest
05.2022 06.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 8
  • High 9
  • Medium 17

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 13
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 21
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-6fqw-j3vm-7f66 < 1.12.20 1.12.20
  2. High · 7.5 ghsa-848f-mph5-9pm9 >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.17 1.12.17
  3. High · 7.5 ghsa-8xhv-gqm4-3w99 >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.18 1.12.18
  4. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-v42g-7q2x-cw32 >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.16 1.12.16
  5. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-2x36-qhx3-7m5f >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.7 1.12.7
  6. High · 7.5 ghsa-9v78-h226-2rmq >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.4 1.12.4
  7. High · 8.6 ghsa-229x-22xc-2f2w >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.13 1.11.13
  8. High · 7.5 ghsa-2jx7-xg83-j2m7 >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.13 1.11.13
  9. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-mhpx-3rv8-wrjm >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.4 1.12.4
  10. High · 7.5 ghsa-4j9x-g4x8-vcmf >= 1.11.0, < 1.11.15, >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.1 1.11.15, 1.12.1
  11. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-qf36-fx9f-232x >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.9, >= 1.11.0, < 1.11.6 1.10.9, 1.11.6
  12. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2014-8089 >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.9 1.12.9
  13. Zend Framework XXE Vulnerability this entry
    High · 7.3 CVE-2012-3363 >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.12, >= 1.12.0-rc1, < 1.12.0 1.11.12, 1.12.0
  14. High · 7.8 CVE-2015-5723 >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.16 1.12.16
  15. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2015-7695 < 1.12.16 1.12.16
  16. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2016-6233 < 1.12.19 1.12.19

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