CVE-2015-5161 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Zend_Xml_Security::scan in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when running under PHP-FPM in a threaded environment, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and conduct XML external entity (XXE) and XML entity expansion (XEE) attacks via multibyte encoded characters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.87% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-08-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| zend | zend framework |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | eBay Magento 1.9.2.1 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity Injection | 2015-10-30 |
| exploit-db | Zend Framework 2.4.2 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity Injection | 2015-08-13 |
References
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/zend-framework-XXE-vuln.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164409.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165173.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133068/Zend-Framework-2.4.2-1.12.13-XXE-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/46
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3340
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76177
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37765/
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/zend-framework-XXE-vuln.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164409.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165173.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133068/Zend-Framework-2.4.2-1.12.13-XXE-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/46
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3340
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76177
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37765/
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