CVE-2017-18357
Shopware before 5.3.4 has a PHP Object Instantiation issue via the sort parameter to the loadPreviewAction() method of the Shopware_Controllers_Backend_ProductStream controller, with resultant XXE via instantiation of a SimpleXMLElement object.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Shopware before 5.3.4 has a PHP Object Instantiation issue via the sort parameter to the loadPreviewAction() method of the Shopware_Controllers_Backend_ProductStream controller, with resultant XXE via instantiation of a SimpleXMLElement object.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 27.07% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 May 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-610
- Affected
- shopware/shopware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 28.1% on 21 September 2026 to 27.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152995/Shopware-createInstanceFromNamedArguments-PHP-Object-Instantiation.html
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/shopware-php-object-instantiation-to-blind-xxe/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://demo.ripstech.com/projects/shopware_5.3.3Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152995/Shopware-createInstanceFromNamedArguments-PHP-Object-Instantiation.html
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/shopware-php-object-instantiation-to-blind-xxe/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://demo.ripstech.com/projects/shopware_5.3.3Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.