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CVE-2014-2681


Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) before 1.12.4, Zend Framework 2 before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.6, ZendOpenId, ZendRest, ZendService_AudioScrobbler, ZendService_Nirvanix, ZendService_SlideShare, ZendService_Technorati, and ZendService_WindowsAzure before 2.0.2, ZendService_Amazon before 2.0.3, and ZendService_Api before 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and possibly cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5657.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2681 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 10 products from zend, from zend, from zend and 7 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2014-11-16T00:59:00.123

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-19

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application zend zendrest ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zend_framework < 1.12.4 Yes
Application zend zend_framework < 2.1.6 Yes
Application zend zend_framework < 2.2.6 Yes
Application zend zendservice_slideshare ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zendservice_api ≤ 1.0.0 Yes
Application zend zendservice_audioscrobbler ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zendservice_amazon ≤ 2.0.2 Yes
Application zend zendservice_technorati ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zendservice_windowsazure ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zendopenid ≤ 2.0.1 Yes
Application zend zendservice_nirvanix ≤ 2.0.1 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For zend's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.