CVE-2013-4701: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

August 21, 2013 (updated November 28, 2016)

Auth/Yadis/XML.php in PHP OpenID 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.

References

github.com/openid/php-openid/commit/625c16bb28bb120d262b3f19f89c2c06cb9b0da9

Code Behaviors & Features

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