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CVE-2013-1643

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1643 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting the SOAP parser in PHP versions prior to 5.3.23 and 5.4.13. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by providing a specially crafted SOAP WSDL file. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0b10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1014 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-21.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-43.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-26.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1643Low

php: Ability to read arbitrary files due use of external entities while parsing SOAP WSDL files

Feb 20, 2013

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
git.php.net
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1615.html
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/55078
support.apple.com / kb/HT5880
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0101
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2639
mandriva.com / security/advisories
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1761-1