CVE-2023-23924: Dompdf/dompdf Dompdf Vulnerable To URI Validation Vulnerability
CRITICALCVE-2023-23924 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) dompdf vulnerable to uri validation vulnerability (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) affecting Dompdf/dompdf libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves dompdf vulnerable to uri validation failure on svg parsing. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2.0.2.
CVE-2023-23924 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 10.0
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2023-23924
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Dompdf/dompdf dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade dompdf/dompdf to 2.0.2
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for dompdf/dompdf
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2023-23924, inspect your project dependencies for Dompdf/dompdf:
inspect dependencies for dompdf/dompdf
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Dompdf/dompdf in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2.0.2), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization, where the product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. In Dompdf/dompdf, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2023-23924 Affected Dompdf/dompdf Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
dompdf/dompdf
|
Packagist |
< 2.0.2
|
2.0.2
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"id" : "GHSA-3cw5-7cxw-v5qg",
"modified" : "2023-02-01T01:37:56Z",
"published" : "2023-02-01T01:37:56Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-23924" ],
"summary" : "Dompdf vulnerable to URI validation failure on SVG parsing",
"details" : "### Summary\nThe URI validation on dompdf 2.0.1 can be bypassed on SVG parsing by passing `<image>` tags with uppercase letters. This might leads to arbitrary object unserialize on PHP < 8, through the `phar` URL wrapper.\n\n### Details\nThe bug occurs during SVG parsing of `<image>` tags, in src/Image/Cache.php : \n\n```\nif ($type === \"svg\") {\n $parser = xml_parser_create(\"utf-8\");\n xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);\n xml_set_element_handler(\n $parser,\n function ($parser, $name, $attributes) use ($options, $parsed_url, $full_url) {\n if ($name === \"image\") {\n $attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_LOWER);\n```\nThis part will try to detect `<image>` tags in SVG, and will take the href to validate it against the protocolAllowed whitelist. However, the `$name comparison with \"image\" is case sensitive, which means that such a tag in the SVG will pass : \n\n```\n<svg>\n <Image xlink:href=\"phar:///foo\"></Image>\n</svg>\n```\n\nAs the tag is named \"Image\" and not \"image\", it will not pass the condition to trigger the check.\n\nA correct solution would be to strtolower the `$name` before the check : \n\n```\nif (strtolower($name) === \"image\") {\n```\n\n### PoC\nParsing the following SVG file is sufficient to reproduce the vulnerability :\n\n```\n<svg>\n <Image xlink:href=\"phar:///foo\"></Image>\n</svg>\n```\n\n### Impact\nAn attacker might be able to exploit the vulnerability to call arbitrary URL with arbitrary protocols, if they can provide a SVG file to dompdf. In PHP versions before 8.0.0, it leads to arbitrary unserialize, that will leads at the very least to an arbitrary file deletion, and might leads to remote code execution, depending on classes that are available.\n",
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