CVE-2012-3363
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1EPSS 49.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 49.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3040)
- Published
- February 13, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3040 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 16, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- zend / zend framework
- zend / zend framework
- zend / zend framework
- zend / zend framework
- zend / zend framework
References
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01(Vendor Advisory)
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html(Mailing List)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2(Mailing List)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2(Mailing List)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027208(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225345(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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