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CVE-2015-3451
The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which allows remote attackers to…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the (1) new or (2) load_xml function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150430 Re: CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-7115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-7258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150424 CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2592-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2015-3494 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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