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medium 6.8

CVE-2014-2383 json

DOMPDF Arbitrary File Read

published 2014-04-28 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qr6q-w4gj-3865 , EUVD-2022-5021

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
39.4%
EPSS 39.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

dompdf.php in dompdf before 0.6.1, when DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass chroot protections and read arbitrary files via a PHP protocol and wrappers in the input_file parameter, as demonstrated by a php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource in the input_file parameter.

Patch / fix

  • packagist dompdf/dompdf 0.6.1
  • php-dompdf Debian 12 0.6.1+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2383

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33004)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

39.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33004 dompdf 0.6.0 - 'dompdf.php?read' Arbitrary File Read webapps, 2014-04-24
  • Nuclei template Dompdf < v0.6.0 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist dompdf/dompdf
>=0.6.0, <0.6.1
0.6.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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