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CVE-2012-3363

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 49.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-611

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 17, 18
• Zend Technologies Zend Framework: from 1.0.0 before 1.11.12; 1.12.0-rc1, 1.12.0-rc2, 1.12.0-rc3, 1.12.0-rc4 — fixed in 1.11.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Zend Technologies Zend Framework 1.11.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027208
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225345
• https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt

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