Improper certificate validation in TCPDF - CVE-2024-56521

 

Improper certificate validation in TCPDF - CVE-2024-56521

Published: December 30, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU102264
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56521
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation when using CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack and pass spoofed content into PDF file.


Affected software

TCPDF
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
php-tcpdf

How to mitigate CVE-2024-56521

Install updates from vendor's website.

TCPDF - update to 6.8.0
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 5.2.2-1.fc40, 5.2.2-1.fc41
php-tcpdf - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1.fc40, 6.8.0-1.fc41

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