1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggXMLElement.php b/engine/classes/ElggXMLElement.php
index 6f2633e25..cbd3fc5ce 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggXMLElement.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggXMLElement.php
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ class ElggXMLElement {
 		if ($xml instanceof SimpleXMLElement) {
 			$this->_element = $xml;
 		} else {
+			// do not load entities
+			$disable_load_entities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+
 			$this->_element = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
+
+			libxml_disable_entity_loader($disable_load_entities);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -123,5 +128,4 @@ class ElggXMLElement {
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
-
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}