# CVE-2013-1643: The SOAP parser in PHP before 5.3.23 and 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a SOAP WSDL file containing

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-03-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The SOAP parser in PHP before 5.3.23 and 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a SOAP WSDL file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue in the soap_xmlParseFile and soap_xmlParseMemory functions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-1824.

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1761-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459904
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e76d0404b7f664ee6719fd98f0483f0ac4669d6
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55078
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918187
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702221
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1615.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2639
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00034.html
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0101
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880

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