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CVE-2018-14058· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Pimcore before 5.3.0 allows SQL Injection via the REST web service API.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Because a ready-made attack tool exists, priority is at least “Plan”.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 28.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) 5.3.0.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) 5.3.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.0—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Aug 17, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
28.9% · 98th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
9 / 30 · 28.9%
Ready-made attack tool
5 / 40 · floor: at least 40

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
pimcorepimcore

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pimcore pimcorebefore 5.3.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistpimcore/pimcorebefore 5.3.05.3.0

Same product

pimcore: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2015-4426Aug 18, 2015 · SQL injection vulnerability in pimcore before build 3473 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the filter parameter
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2018-14057Aug 17, 2018 · Pimcore before 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by leveraging validation of the X-pimcore-
    36Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2018-14059Aug 24, 2018 · Pimcore allows XSS via Users, Assets, Data Objects, Video Thumbnails, Image Thumbnails, Field-Collections, Objectbrick, Classification Store
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:pimcore/pimcore5.3.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-08-16
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-08-16
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-08-16
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/gather/pimcore_creds_sqliPimcore Gather Credentials via SQL Injectionauxiliary2018-08-13

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-5 d
  2. First PoC-2 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 20, 2026+2985 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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