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CVE-2022-28368: Remote code injection in dompdf/dompdf

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 83.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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).

Affected products

• dompdf: before 1.2.1 — fixed in 1.2.1
• Packagist Dompdf/Dompdf: before 1.2.1; v0.6.0, v0.6.1, v0.6.2, v0.7.0, v0.7.0-beta, v0.7.0-beta2 (+14) — fixed in 1.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dompdf 1.2.1; Packagist Dompdf/Dompdf 1.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171738/Dompdf-1.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/4c70e1025bcd9b7694b95dd552499bd83cd6141d
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/issues/2598
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/pull/2808
• https://github.com/snyk-labs/php-goof
• https://packagist.org/packages/dompdf/dompdf#v1.2.1
• https://snyk.io/blog/security-alert-php-pdf-library-dompdf-rce/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171738/Dompdf-1.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/4c70e1025bcd9b7694b95dd552499bd83cd6141d
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/issues/2598
• https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/pull/2808
• https://github.com/snyk-labs/php-goof

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