MEDIUM
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
Published Aug 25, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.87%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.9
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.9.7
- 1.9.8
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.10.5
- 1.10.6
- 1.10.7
- 1.10.8
- 1.10.9
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.11.3
- 1.11.4
- 1.11.5
- 1.11.6
- 1.11.7
- 1.11.8
- 1.11.9
- 1.11.10
- 1.11.11
- 1.11.12
- 1.11.13
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.12.5
- 1.12.6
- 1.12.7
- 1.12.8
- 1.12.9
- 1.12.10
- 1.12.11
- 1.12.12
- 1.12.13
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.10
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.3.9
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.87% 0.09867
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09867
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.87% (0.09867) | 95.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.91% (0.09911) | 94.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 10, 2026 | 39.09% (0.39093) | 97.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 32.78% (0.32776) | 96.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 40.83% (0.40825) | 97.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 44.37% (0.44374) | 97.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 46.76% (0.46760) | 97.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 33.51% (0.33512) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 35.15% (0.35148) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.38% (0.32382) | 95.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 35.15% (0.35148) | 96.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.91% (0.07911) | 94.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.91% (0.07911) | 93.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 14.75% (0.14747) | 95.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 13, 2023 | 14.75% (0.14747) | 95.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 16.17% (0.16168) | 95.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 16.17% (0.16168) | 92.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (20)
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/zend-framework-XXE-vuln.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164409.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165147.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165173.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133068/Zend-Framework-2.4.2-1.12.13-XXE-Injection.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/46 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3340 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76177 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/zendframework/zendframework/CVE-2015-5161.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/zendframework/zendframework1/CVE-2015-5161.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/zendframework/zendxml/CVE-2015-5161.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp8p-9rq5-4wgv Advisory
- https://github.com/zendframework/ZendXml/commit/79f478fa2af85ce1fc18ac132dee5aa714c3b532
- https://github.com/zendframework/zf1/commit/ff7edddf1410b44b5ead857c02698aad9f748d1b
- https://github.com/zendframework/zf1/issues/393
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5161
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228055156/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76177
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37765/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 25, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 1, 2015
Link CVE-2015-5161
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-XP8P-9RQ5-4WGV Updated n/a