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GHSA-4j9x-g4x8-vcmf

ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors

7.5 HighFix available

GHSA-4j9x-g4x8-vcmf is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in zendframework/zendframework1, published June 7, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in zendframework/zendframework1 1.11.15.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
Exploit chance
UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists

Description

Zend_Feed_Rss and Zend_Feed_Atom were found to contain potential XML eXternal Entity (XXE) vectors due to insecure usage of PHP's DOM extension. External entities could be specified by adding a specific DOCTYPE element to feeds; exploiting this vulnerability could coerce opening arbitrary files and/or TCP connections.

A similar issue was fixed for 1.11.13 and 1.12.0, in the Zend_Feed::import() factory method; however, the reporter of the issue discovered that the individual classes contained similar functionality in their constructors which remained vulnerable.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
zendframework/zendframework1
Packagist
1.11.0 up to 1.11.15
1.11.15
zendframework/zendframework1
Packagist
1.12.0 up to 1.12.1
1.12.1

What each source reports

GitHub Advisories Score used7.5

ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors

Zend_Feed_Rss and Zend_Feed_Atom were found to contain potential XML eXternal Entity (XXE) vectors due to insecure usage of PHP's DOM extension. External entities could be specified by adding a specific DOCTYPE element to feeds; exploiting this vulnerability could coerce opening arbitrary files and/or TCP connections.

A similar issue was fixed for 1.11.13 and 1.12.0, in the Zend_Feed::import() factory method; however, the reporter of the issue discovered that the individual classes contained similar functionality in their constructors which remained vulnerable.

Record
GHSA-4j9x-g4x8-vcmf
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV7.5

ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors

Zend_Feed_Rss and Zend_Feed_Atom were found to contain potential XML eXternal Entity (XXE) vectors due to insecure usage of PHP's DOM extension. External entities could be specified by adding a specific DOCTYPE element to feeds; exploiting this vulnerability could coerce opening arbitrary files and/or TCP connections.

A similar issue was fixed for 1.11.13 and 1.12.0, in the Zend_Feed::import() factory method; however, the reporter of the issue discovered that the individual classes contained similar functionality in their constructors which remained vulnerable.

Record
GHSA-4j9x-g4x8-vcmf
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedGitHub Advisories, OSV

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