Description
Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. In versions 3.15 and prior, aAn attacker who controls the HTML input can bypass this restriction by embedding a target file path inside an SVG image delivered through a data: URI, because dompdf processes the SVG twice and the second pass does not enforce the same protections as the first. When rendering, dompdf hands the SVG to the separate php-svg-lib library with external references forced on, and that library has no knowledge of the chroot directory, blocks only the phar:// scheme, and ultimately reads the referenced file with no path or protocol validation. This lets an external, unauthenticated attacker read arbitrary image files from the server's file system in the default configuration. This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.
Affected products
dompdf_project: dompdf
References5
- github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-cx96-42px-69fm ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-cx96-42px-69fm ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/6a58996865db05d8fede748507e50ac… Patch
- github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/bf7b02f642e26007dedc5a22b3d6e15… Patch
- github.com/dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v3.1.6 Release Notes
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.3
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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6.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 39 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20
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