CVE-2015-5161 ZendXml and Zend Framework contain XXE and XEE Vulnerabilities

What is CVE-2015-5161?

CVE-2015-5161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5161?

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

Products include Zend Zend Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5161?

Upgrade zendframework/zendframework to a fixed version for your release line: 1.12.14, 2.4.6 or 2.5.2.

Is CVE-2015-5161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5161 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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 DLA-302-1, DSA-3340-1, GHSA-xp8p-9rq5-4wgv, MGASA-2015-0370, MGASA-2015-0371.