Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-6531

Title: Zend Zend Framework XML External Entity (XXE)

XXE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-6531.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Feb 13, 2013
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.91%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-6531: (1) Zend_Dom, (2) Zend_Feed, and (3) Zend_Soap in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 do not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allow 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3363.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zend 1

Reference Links

http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2 https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2 https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-6531 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.