CVE-2019-16317

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

In Pimcore before 5.7.1, an attacker with limited privileges can trigger execution of a .phar file via a phar:// URL in a filename parameter, because PHAR uploads are not blocked and are reachable within the phar://../../../../../../../../var/www/html/web/var/assets/ directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-10867 and CVE-2019-16318.

Affected products

pimcore/pimcore: before 5.7.1 — fixed in 5.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pimcore/pimcore 5.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/6ee5d8536d0802e377594cbe39083e822710aab9
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-PIMCOREPIMCORE-451599
https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/6ee5d8536d0802e377594cbe39083e822710aab9
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-PIMCOREPIMCORE-451599

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