Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-5161

Title: Zend Zend Framework XML External Entity (XXE)

XXE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-5161

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 25, 2015
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
39.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-5161: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Z
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Reference Links

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/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-5161 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37765
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38573
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.