diff --git a/getid3/getid3.lib.php b/getid3/getid3.lib.php
index aec550b3..ac7d737f 100644
--- a/getid3/getid3.lib.php
+++ b/getid3/getid3.lib.php
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 //                                                            ///
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-if(!defined('GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS') && defined('LIBXML_VERSION')) {
-	if(LIBXML_VERSION >= 20621) {
+if (!defined('GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS') && defined('LIBXML_VERSION')) {
+	if (LIBXML_VERSION >= 20621) {
 		define('GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS', LIBXML_NOENT | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_NOWARNING | LIBXML_COMPACT);
 	} else {
 		define('GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS', LIBXML_NOENT | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_NOWARNING);
@@ -744,16 +744,36 @@ public static function array_min($arraydata, $returnkey=false) {
 	 * @return array|false
 	 */
 	public static function XML2array($XMLstring) {
-		if (function_exists('simplexml_load_string') && function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
-			// http://websec.io/2012/08/27/Preventing-XEE-in-PHP.html
-			// https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29378
-			// This function has been deprecated in PHP 8.0 because in libxml 2.9.0, external entity loading is
-			// disabled by default, but is still needed when LIBXML_NOENT is used.
-			$loader = @libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
-			$XMLobject = simplexml_load_string($XMLstring, 'SimpleXMLElement', GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS);
-			$return = self::SimpleXMLelement2array($XMLobject);
-			@libxml_disable_entity_loader($loader);
-			return $return;
+		if (function_exists('simplexml_load_string')) {
+			if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+				if (function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
+					// http://websec.io/2012/08/27/Preventing-XEE-in-PHP.html
+					// https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29378
+					// This function has been deprecated in PHP 8.0 because in libxml 2.9.0, external entity loading is
+					// disabled by default, but is still needed when LIBXML_NOENT is used.
+					$loader = @libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+					$XMLobject = simplexml_load_string($XMLstring, 'SimpleXMLElement', GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS);
+					$return = self::SimpleXMLelement2array($XMLobject);
+					@libxml_disable_entity_loader($loader);
+					return $return;
+				}
+			} else {
+				$allow = false;
+				if (defined('LIBXML_VERSION') && (LIBXML_VERSION >= 20900)) {
+					// https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.libxml-disable-entity-loader.php
+					// "as of libxml 2.9.0 entity substitution is disabled by default, so there is no need to disable the loading
+					//  of external entities, unless there is the need to resolve internal entity references with LIBXML_NOENT."
+					$allow = true;
+				} elseif (function_exists('libxml_set_external_entity_loader')) {
+					libxml_set_external_entity_loader(function () { return null; }); // https://www.zend.com/blog/cve-2023-3823
+					$allow = true;
+				}
+				if ($allow) {
+					$XMLobject = simplexml_load_string($XMLstring, 'SimpleXMLElement', GETID3_LIBXML_OPTIONS);
+					$return = self::SimpleXMLelement2array($XMLobject);
+					return $return;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/getid3/getid3.php b/getid3/getid3.php
index 580d0972..8c91639a 100644
--- a/getid3/getid3.php
+++ b/getid3/getid3.php
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class getID3
 	 */
 	protected $startup_warning = '';
 
-	const VERSION           = '1.9.23-202311041554';
+	const VERSION           = '1.9.23-202311100900';
 	const FREAD_BUFFER_SIZE = 32768;
 
 	const ATTACHMENTS_NONE   = false;