SCA: security update for mpdf/mpdf (GHSA-3cwc-m7c2-qr86)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434015

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- mPDF version 7.1.7 and earlier contains a CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in
getImage() method of Image/ImageProcessor class that can result in Arbitry code execution, file write,
etc.. This attack appears to be exploitable via attacker must host crafted image on victim server and
trigger generation of pdf file with content <img src="phar://path/to/crafted/image">. This vulnerability
appears to have been fixed in 7.1.8. (CVE-2019-1000005)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3cwc-m7c2-qr86

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434015

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.84

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1000005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000005

cwe: CWE-502