CVE-2013-4701

Public Exploit

Description

Auth/Yadis/XML.php in PHP OpenID Library 2.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via XRDS data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.88% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/openid/php-openid/commit/625c16bb28bb120d262b3f19f89c2c06cb9b0da9	patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00028.html	vendor advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2013-000080	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00083.html	vendor advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN24713981/index.html	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4701?: CVE-2013-4701 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4701?: To fix CVE-2013-4701, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-4701 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-4701 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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