#VU72000 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Dompdf - CVE-2023-24813
Published: February 7, 2023 / Updated: February 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72000
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24813
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Dompdf
Dompdf
Software vendor:
dompdf
dompdf
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data when parsing external URLs in SVG files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU71762 (CVE-2023-23924).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.