Pimcore CSRF Vulnerability

published 2018-08-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gmff-vcv6-mmfr , EUVD-2022-3975

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.3%; EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

packagist pimcore/pimcore 5.3.0
pimcore pimcore 5.3.0

Timeline

2018-08-16 First public exploit (EDB-45208)
2018-08-17 Published

Exploit prediction

3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-45208 Pimcore 5.2.3 - SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting / Cross-Site Request Forgery webapps, 2018-08-16
seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/13 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148954/Pimcore-5.2.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
sec-consult.com https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/sql-injection-xss-csrf-vulnerabilities-in-pimcore-software/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	pimcore/pimcore	<5.3.0	5.3.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/45208/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/13
mailing-list, web, exploit, third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com /files/148954/Pimcore-5.2.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
web, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
sec-consult.com /en/blog/advisories/sql-injection-xss-csrf-vulnerabilities-in-pimcore-software/
exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14057
advisory
exploit-db.com /exploits/45208
web
sec-consult.com /en/blog/advisories/sql-injection-xss-csrf-vulnerabilities-in-pimcore-software
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary