CVE-2012-6531 Zend Framework XEE Vulnerability

What is CVE-2012-6531?

CVE-2012-6531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

(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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6531?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including zendframework/zendframework1. It affects 1 product.

Products include Zend Zend Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6531?

Upgrade zendframework/zendframework1 to a fixed version for your release line: 1.11.13 or 1.12.0.

Is CVE-2012-6531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-29312 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-1555 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2015-1786 Zend Framework CSRF Vulnerability High 8.8
• CVE-2015-7503 Zend Framework Information Disclosure High 7.5
• CVE-2014-2685 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-h5p3-7mg6-hgj4, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6531.