CVE-2015-8866

Published May 22, 2016

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
ext/libxml/libxml.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, when PHP-FPM is used, does not isolate each thread from libxml_disable_entity_loader changes in other threads, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) and XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attacks via a crafted XML document, a related issue to CVE-2015-5161.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9.6
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-611

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations