CVE-2012-6532 describes an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) vulnerability affecting Zend Framework versions 1.x before 1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0, specifically within Zend_Dom, Zend_Feed, Zend_Soap, and Zend_XmlRpc components. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (CPU consumption) by submitting crafted XML DOCTYPE declarations containing recursive or circular entity references. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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