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CVE-2015-5161

Published: Aug 25, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
9.9%
Top 5.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
9 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

zend frameworkzend
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
zendframework/zendframeworkPackagistOSS Libraries
zendframework/zendframework1PackagistOSS Libraries
zendframework/zendxmlPackagistOSS Libraries
zendcommercialUSOSS Librariesaka zend framework, zendframework, zend to
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

9 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06
framework.zend.com
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/zend-framework-XXE-vuln.txt
legalhackers.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164409.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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