XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting facebook/hhvm package, versions [,3.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FACEBOOKHHVM-2366512
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Feb 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1439  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade facebook/hhvm to version 3.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. The libxml_disable_entity_loader function in runtime/ext/ext_simplexml.cpp in HipHop Virtual Machine for PHP (HHVM) before 2.4.0 and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 does not properly disable a certain libxml handler, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.

CVSS Scores

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