PHP OpenID Library Denial of Service vulnerability
Auth/Yadis/XML.php in PHP OpenID Library 2.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via XRDS data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | openid/php-openid | < 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
| Composer package | typo3/cms | >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.6 | 6.2.6 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4701
- https://github.com/openid/php-openid/commit/625c16bb28bb120d262b3f19f89c2c06cb9b0da9
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/openid/php-openid/CVE-2013-4701.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2013-4701.yaml
- https://github.com/openid/php-openid
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN24713981/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2013-000080
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00083.html
- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- Composer
- Package
openid/php-openid, typo3/cms- Disclosed
- 17.05.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5qp6-78pr-gv8c - CC BY 4.0
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