CVE-2026-45071
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in Symfony allows XML External Entity (XXE) injection when processing XML via the Crawler::addXmlContent() method. Setting DOMDocument::$validateOnParse = true before loadXML() re-enables external entity resolution, allowing an attacker to read local files using file:// entities.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server, such as configurations, passwords, or user data, leading to a breach of data confidentiality.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade Symfony to versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, or 8.0.12 depending on the branch used. If an upgrade is not possible, avoid using the Crawler::addXmlContent() method with untrusted XML.
Other vulnerabilities in Symfony
See all- CVE-2016-4423High
The attemptAuthentication function in Symfony before versions 2.3.41, 2.7.13, 2.8.6, and 3.0.6 does not limit the length of a username stored in a session. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through a series of authentication attempts with long, non-existent usernames.
- CVE-2016-1902High
The nextBytes function in the SecureRandom class in Symfony before 2.3.37, 2.6.x before 2.6.13, and 2.7.x before 2.7.9 does not properly generate random numbers when used with PHP 5.x without the paragonie/random_compat library, and the openssl_random_pseudo_bytes function fails.
- CVE-2013-1397High
Symfony versions 2.0.x before 2.0.22, 2.1.x before 2.1.7, and 2.2.x are vulnerable to remote attacks that allow arbitrary PHP code execution via a serialized PHP object in the Yaml::parse or Yaml\Parser::parse functions.
- CVE-2013-1348High
The Yaml::parse function in Symfony 2.0.x before version 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a PHP file, which is a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1397.
- CVE-2026-47767Critical
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- CVE-2026-45069Critical
In Symfony up to versions 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, the OidcTokenHandler::verifyClaims() method registered audience (aud), issuer (iss), and expiry (exp) checkers but did not pass the mandatory claims list to ClaimCheckerManager::check(). This allowed a validly signed JWT missing those claims to pass verification.
- CVE-2026-45063Critical
A vulnerability in Symfony X509Authenticator allows an attacker with a trusted certificate to impersonate a victim by placing emailAddress= in another RDN value, such as CN, due to an unanchored regex.
- CVE-2016-2403Critical
Symfony before 2.8.6 and 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with an empty password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind.
- CVE-2026-48784Medium
A vulnerability in Symfony allows an attacker to manipulate URL paths via controlled route parameters. The UrlGenerator::doGenerate() function uses strtr() dot-segment encoding that skips every other chained ../ or ./ segment, enabling generation of URLs that collapse to a different path under RFC 3986 normalization.
- CVE-2026-48761Medium
In Symfony PHP framework from 6.1.0 to 6.4.41, 7.4.13, and 8.0.13, UrlAttributeSanitizer::getSupportedAttributes() omitted URL-bearing attributes on <object>, <applet>, <iframe>, and <img>, and <meta http-equiv="refresh"> URLs bypassed sanitization, allowing javascript: payloads. Fixed in versions 6.4.41, 7.4.13, and 8.0.13.
Original NVD description (English source)
Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Crawler::addXmlContent() set DOMDocument::$validateOnParse = true before loadXML(), re-enabling external entity resolution and allowing attacker-supplied XML to expand file:// entities such as local files. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.