CVE-2015-5161 is a critical vulnerability affecting ZendXml and Zend Framework versions prior to 1.12.14, 2.4.6, and 2.5.2, specifically when operating with PHP-FPM in a threaded environment. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security checks through multibyte encoded characters, leading to XML External Entity (XXE) and XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attacks. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, its impact includes potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.0:rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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