CVE-2011-5219

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2011-5219 · Published 25/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-5219 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mpdf (mpdf1).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.2%, higher than 95.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mpdf mpdf1	`= 5.2≤ 5.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in examples/show_code.php in mPDF 5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

References

osvdb.org/77939
secunia.com/advisories/47262 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/18248 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71862

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