CVE-2012-6531
(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…
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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.
Timeline
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistzendframework/zendframework1GHSA-h5p3-7mg6-hgj4 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20120627 Re: XXE in Zend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
- [oss-security] 20120626 XXE in Zend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h5p3-7mg6-hgj4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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