CVE-2023-24813

criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
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no known exploitation
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2.49% (85th) EPSS
CVSS 9.8 · critical
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter written in php. Due to the difference in the attribute parser of Dompdf and php-svg-lib, an attacker can still call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols. Dompdf parses the href attribute of `image` tags and respects `xlink:href` even if `href` is specified. However, php-svg-lib, which is later used to parse the svg file, parses the href attribute. Since `href` is respected if both `xlink:href` and `href` is specified, it's possible to bypass the protection on the Dompdf side by providing an empty `xlink:href` attribute. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols if they provide an SVG file to the Dompdf. In PHP versions before 8.0.0, it leads to arbitrary unserialize, which will lead, at the very least, to arbitrary file deletion and might lead to remote code execution, depending on available classes. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit `95009ea98` which has been included in release version 2.0.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.110criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 6
v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (4)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-56gj-mvh6-rp75URI validation failure on SVG parsing. Bypass of CVE-2023-239242023-02-07ghsa · osvUS

    ### Summary Due to the difference in the attribute parser of Dompdf and php-svg-lib, an attacker can still call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols. ### Details Dompdf parses the href attribute of `image` tags with the following code: [`src/Image/Cache.php` line 135-150](https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/blob/2a8a6b80fcaa5148ace50f35a10979fe00c6a35d/src/Image/Cache.php#L135-L150) ``` php function ($parser, $name, $attributes) use ($options, $parsed_url, $full_url) { if (strtolower($name) === "image") { $attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_LOWER); $url = $attributes["xlink:href"] ?? $attributes["href"]; if (!empty($url)) { $inner_full_url = Helpers::build_url($parsed_url["protocol"], $parsed_url["host"], $parsed_url["path"], $url); if ($inner_full_url === $full_url) { throw new ImageException("SVG self-reference is not allowed", E_WARNING); } [$resolved_url, $type, $message] = self::resolve_url($url, $parsed_url["protocol"], $parsed_url["host"], $parsed_url["path"], $options); if (!empty($message)) { throw new ImageException("This SVG document references a restricted resource. $message", E_WARNING); } } } }, ``` As you can see from the code snippet above, it respects `xlink:href` even if `href` is specified. ``` php $url = $attributes["xlink:href"] ?? $attributes["href"]; ``` However, php-svg-lib, which is later used to parse the svg file, parses the href attribute with the following code: [`src/Svg/Tag/Image.php` line 51-57](https://github.com/dompdf/php-svg-lib/blob/76876c6cf3080bcb6f249d7d59705108166a6685/src/Svg/Tag/Image.php#L51-L57) ``` php if (isset($attributes['xlink:href'])) { $this->href = $attributes['xlink:href']; } if (isset($attributes['href'])) { $this->href = $attributes['href']; } ``` Since `href` is respected if both `xlink:href` and `href` is specified, it's possible to bypass the protection on the Dompdf side by providing an empty `xlink:href` attribute. ### Impact An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols if they provide an SVG file to the Dompdf. In PHP versions before 8.0.0, it leads to arbitrary unserialize, which will lead, at the very least, to arbitrary file deletion and might lead to remote code execution, depending on available classes.

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published 2023-02-07modified 2026-06-17
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