CVE-2018-14057 — Pimcore before 5

Pimcore before 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by leveraging validation of the X-pimcore-csrf-token anti-CSRF token only in the "Settings > Users / Roles" function.

01What is this vulnerability?

Pimcore before 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by leveraging validation of the X-pimcore-csrf-token anti-CSRF token only in the "Settings > Users / Roles" function.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-17T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:21:40.793Z

09References

• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/13
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148954/Pimcore-5.2.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Script…
• www.sec-consult.com — https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/sql-injection-xss-csrf-vulnerabil…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45208/