CVE-2018-19047 describes a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in mPDF versions through 7.1.6 when deployed as a web application accepting unsanitized HTML. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) allows an attacker to trigger arbitrary requests from the server by embedding specific HTML tags, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vendor disputes the classification, citing user responsibility for input sanitization, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100 indicates significant danger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available, but the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mpdf_project:mpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.