CVE-2023-24813: Dompdf/dompdf URI Validation Failure On SVG Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-56gj-mvh6-rp75",
  "modified" : "2023-02-08T16:18:55Z",
  "published" : "2023-02-07T18:16:23Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-24813" ],
  "summary" : "URI validation failure on SVG parsing. Bypass of CVE-2023-23924",
  "details" : "### Summary\nDue to the difference in the attribute parser of Dompdf and php-svg-lib, an attacker can still call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols.\n\n### Details\nDompdf parses the href attribute of `image` tags with the following code:\n\n[`src/Image/Cache.php` line 135-150](https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/blob/2a8a6b80fcaa5148ace50f35a10979fe00c6a35d/src/Image/Cache.php#L135-L150)\n``` php\nfunction ($parser, $name, $attributes) use ($options, $parsed_url, $full_url) {\n    if (strtolower($name) === \"image\") {\n        $attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_LOWER);\n        $url = $attributes[\"xlink:href\"] ?? $attributes[\"href\"];\n        if (!empty($url)) {\n            $inner_full_url = Helpers::build_url($parsed_url[\"protocol\"], $parsed_url[\"host\"], $parsed_url[\"path\"], $url);\n            if ($inner_full_url === $full_url) {\n                throw new ImageException(\"SVG self-reference is not allowed\", E_WARNING);\n            }\n            [$resolved_url, $type, $message] = self::resolve_url($url, $parsed_url[\"protocol\"], $parsed_url[\"host\"], $parsed_url[\"path\"], $options);\n            if (!empty($message)) {\n                throw new ImageException(\"This SVG document references a restricted resource. $message\", E_WARNING);\n            }\n        }\n    }\n},\n```\n\nAs you can see from the code snippet above, it respects `xlink:href` even if `href` is specified.\n``` php\n$url = $attributes[\"xlink:href\"] ?? $attributes[\"href\"];\n```\n\nHowever, php-svg-lib, which is later used to parse the svg file, parses the href attribute with the following code:\n\n[`src/Svg/Tag/Image.php` line 51-57](https://github.com/dompdf/php-svg-lib/blob/76876c6cf3080bcb6f249d7d59705108166a6685/src/Svg/Tag/Image.php#L51-L57)\n``` php\nif (isset($attributes['xlink:href'])) {\n    $this->href = $attributes['xlink:href'];\n}\n\nif (isset($attributes['href'])) {\n    $this->href = $attributes['href'];\n}\n```\n\nSince `href` is respected if both `xlink:href` and `href` is specified, it's possible to bypass the protection on the Dompdf side by providing an empty `xlink:href` attribute.\n\n### Impact\nAn attacker can exploit the vulnerability to call arbitrary URLs with arbitrary protocols if they provide an SVG file to the Dompdf. In PHP versions before 8.0.0, it leads to arbitrary unserialize, which will lead, at the very least, to arbitrary file deletion and might lead to remote code execution, depending on available classes.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Packagist",
      "name" : "dompdf/dompdf"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "2.0.2"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.0.3"
      } ]
    } ],
    "versions" : [ "2.0.2" ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-56gj-mvh6-rp75"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24813"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/95009ea98230f9b084b040c34e3869ef3dccc9aa"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-436" ],
    "severity" : "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2023-02-07T18:16:23Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2023-02-07T19:15:00Z"
  }
}