CVE-2015-5161

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.099 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

9.87% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

125 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Zend_Xml_Security::scan in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when running under PHP-FPM in a threaded environment, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and conduct XML external entity (XXE) and XML entity expansion (XEE) attacks via multibyte encoded characters.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.1mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USCWE-776US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-37765Zend Framework 2.4.2 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity InjectionPoC · exploit_db
EDB-38573eBay Magento 1.9.2.1 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity InjectionPoC · exploit_db

affected products (125)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
zend zend framework= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.10.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.11.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zend zend framework= 1.11.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-xp8p-9rq5-4wgvZendXml and Zend Framework contain XXE and XEE Vulnerabilities2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The `Zend_Xml_Security::scan` in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when running under PHP-FPM in a threaded environment, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and conduct XML external entity (XXE) and XML entity expansion (XEE) attacks via multibyte encoded characters.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-08-25modified 2026-06-17

references (28)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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