Headline
GHSA-mhpx-3rv8-wrjm: ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors
Numerous components utilizing PHP’s DOMDocument
, SimpleXML
, and xml_parse
functionality are vulnerable to two types of attacks:
- XML eXternal Entity (XXE) Injection attacks. The above mentioned extensions are insecure by default, allowing external entities to be specified by adding a specific DOCTYPE element to XML documents and strings. By exploiting this vulnerability an application may be coerced to open arbitrary files and/or TCP connections.
- XML Entity Expansion (XEE) vectors, leading to Denial of Service vectors. XEE attacks occur when the XML DOCTYPE declaration includes XML entity definitions that contain either recursive or circular references; this leads to CPU and memory consumption, making Denial of Service exploits trivial to implement.
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- GHSA-mhpx-3rv8-wrjm
ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors
Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 7, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 7, 2024
Package
composer zendframework/zendframework1 (Composer)
Affected versions
>= 1.12.0, < 1.12.4
Numerous components utilizing PHP’s DOMDocument, SimpleXML, and xml_parse functionality are vulnerable to two types of attacks:
- XML eXternal Entity (XXE) Injection attacks. The above mentioned extensions are insecure by default, allowing external entities to be specified by adding a specific DOCTYPE element to XML documents and strings. By exploiting this vulnerability an application may be coerced to open arbitrary files and/or TCP connections.
- XML Entity Expansion (XEE) vectors, leading to Denial of Service vectors. XEE attacks occur when the XML DOCTYPE declaration includes XML entity definitions that contain either recursive or circular references; this leads to CPU and memory consumption, making Denial of Service exploits trivial to implement.
References
- https://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2014-01
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/zendframework/zendframework1/ZF2014-01.yaml
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 7, 2024