CVE-2017-18357
Shopware before 5.3.4 has a PHP Object Instantiation issue via the sort parameter to the loadPreviewAction() method of the…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 27.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Shopware createInstanceFromNamedArguments PHP Object Instantiation RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/shopware_createinstancefromnamedarguments_rceRank excellentdisclosed 9 May 2019
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Shopware - createInstanceFromNamedArguments PHP Object Instantiation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46915remote, phppublished 23 May 2019Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.1% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistshopware/shopwareGHSA-6m27-7cqj-2mxw (opens in a new tab)
References
3
- https://demo.ripstech.com/projects/shopware_5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/shopware-php-object-instantiation-to-blind-xxe/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152995/Shopware-createInstanceFromNamedArguments-PHP-Object-Instantiation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2819 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6m27-7cqj-2mxw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-18357)Record last updated .