ID:3818 - Exploit for Input validation error in Zend Framework - CVE-2015-5161

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:3818 - Exploit for Input validation error in Zend Framework - CVE-2015-5161

ID:3818 - Exploit for Input validation error in Zend Framework - CVE-2015-5161

Published: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40663
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5161
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Zend Framework

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.