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GHSA-QX95-CWH6-9MVQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-27 06:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:16

Summary

TCPDF missing character escape on error messages

Details

An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.8.0. The Error function lacks an htmlspecialchars call for the error message.

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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      },
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            {
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            }
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-56527"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-12-27T21:07:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-12-27T06:15:23Z",
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  "modified": "2025-11-04T16:16:33Z",
  "published": "2024-12-27T06:30:48Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56527"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/11778aaa2d9e30a9ae1c1ee97ff349344f0ad6e1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://andrea0.medium.com/analysis-of-cve-2024-56527-dbdab6962add"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/compare/6.7.8...6.8.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "TCPDF missing character escape on error messages"
}

CVE-2024-56527 (GCVE-0-2024-56527)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:32

Summary

An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.8.0. The Error function lacks an htmlspecialchars call for the error message.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://tcpdf.org
	https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/compare/6.7.8…
	https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/11778a…
	https://andrea0.medium.com/analysis-of-cve-2024-5…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	tecnick	tcpdf	Affected: 0 , < 6.8.0 (semver)

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-QX95-CWH6-9MVQ

CVE-2024-56527 (GCVE-0-2024-56527)

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