CVE-2022-28368Dompdf 1.2.1 allows remote code execution via a .php file in the src:url field of an @font-face Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) statement…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 83.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Dompdf 1.2.1 allows remote code execution via a .php file in the src:url field of an @font-face Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) statement (within an HTML input file).
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.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Dompdf RCE via Malicious Font Caching (CVE-2022-28368) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/dompdf_rce_cve_2022_28368Rank excellentdisclosed 5 Apr 2022
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Dompdf 1.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51270webapps, phppublished 6 Apr 2023Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 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 | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.9% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistdompdf/dompdfGHSA-x752-qjv4-c4hc (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/issues/2598 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://snyk.io/blog/security-alert-php-pdf-library-dompdf-rce/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/snyk-labs/php-goof (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://packagist.org/packages/dompdf/dompdf#v1.2.1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/pull/2808 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/4c70e1025bcd9b7694b95dd552499bd83cd6141d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171738/Dompdf-1.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_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-2022-1865 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x752-qjv4-c4hc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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