CVE-2012-6531
(1) Zend_Dom, (2) Zend_Feed, and (3) Zend_Soap in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 do not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allow 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3363.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4074)
- 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-2022-4074 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- zend / zend framework
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References
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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