CVE-2014-2383
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 39.37% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 April 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- dompdf/dompdf
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 39.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/258Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531912/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://explore.avertium.com/resource/lfi-rfi-escalation-to-rce
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/23a693993299e669306929e3d49a4a1f7b3fb028Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2383/Broken Link
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/258Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531912/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://explore.avertium.com/resource/lfi-rfi-escalation-to-rce
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/23a693993299e669306929e3d49a4a1f7b3fb028Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2383/Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.