diff -r 5e7a0fedabdf -r 877f952ae2bd web/lib/Zend/XmlRpc/Request.php
--- a/web/lib/Zend/XmlRpc/Request.php	Thu Mar 21 17:31:31 2013 +0100
+++ b/web/lib/Zend/XmlRpc/Request.php	Thu Mar 21 19:50:53 2013 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Controller
- * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
  */
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
  *
  * @category Zend
  * @package  Zend_XmlRpc
- * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
- * @version $Id: Request.php 20208 2010-01-11 22:37:37Z lars $
+ * @version $Id: Request.php 25033 2012-08-17 19:50:08Z matthew $
  */
 class Zend_XmlRpc_Request
 {
@@ -303,12 +303,26 @@
             return false;
         }
 
+        // @see ZF-12293 - disable external entities for security purposes
+        $loadEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
         try {
-            $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($request);
+            $dom = new DOMDocument;
+            $dom->loadXML($request);
+            foreach ($dom->childNodes as $child) {
+                if ($child->nodeType === XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE) {
+                    require_once 'Zend/XmlRpc/Exception.php';
+                    throw new Zend_XmlRpc_Exception(
+                        'Invalid XML: Detected use of illegal DOCTYPE'
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            $xml = simplexml_import_dom($dom);
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader($loadEntities);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             // Not valid XML
             $this->_fault = new Zend_XmlRpc_Fault(631);
             $this->_fault->setEncoding($this->getEncoding());
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader($loadEntities);
             return false;
         }