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Enhanced XML Security for Magento 2

wubinworks/module-xml-security

Replaces Magento's Xml\Security class with a hardened version that correctly detects XML entities even when the input is not UTF-8 encoded under php-fpm, closing a potential XXE gap.

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Tested on Magento 2.4.9

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v1.0.1 on Magento 2.4.9
Jun 2, 2026

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Enhanced XML Security for Magento 2

A replacement of \Magento\Framework\Xml\Security for Magento 2 with enhanced security.

Background

When the SAPI is php-fpm, \Magento\Framework\Xml\Security cannot detect entity if the XML string is not encoded in UTF-8.
This is a potential security issue and many developers forget to detect the XML encoding before using this class.

Note: the above class works correctly in CLI.

A note about CVE-2024-2961

XML string with encoding="ISO-2022-CN-EXT" won't cause the buffer overflow. So we don't forbid this encoding.

Features

After installing this extension, \Magento\Framework\Xml\Security is preferenced, and you don't need to worry about the XML encoding anymore.

/** @var \Magento\Framework\Xml\Security $xmlSecurity */
$xmlSecurity->scan($xmlString);

That's it.

Requirements

Magento 2.3
Magento 2.4

Installation

composer require wubinworks/module-xml-security

This extension requires dependencies that are not included in default Magento installation, so you need to use composer.

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