CVE-2012-3363
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows…
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Description
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows 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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Zend Framework < 2.0.0 beta4 < 1.12 RC1 < 1.11.11 - Local File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19408webapps, phppublished 27 Jun 2012Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 49.3% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistzendframework/zendframework1GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225345 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4387 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120627 Re: XXE in Zend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120626 Re: XXE in Zend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120626 XXE in Zend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130325 Moodle security notifications public (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1027208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3040 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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