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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-2921 · published 21 April 2014

CVE-2014-2921: Pimcore code injection vulnerability

Pimcore · Pimcore

The getObjectByToken function in Newsletter.php in the Pimcore_Tool_Newsletter module in pimcore 1.4.9 through 2.0.0 does not properly handle an object obtained by unserializing Lucene search data, which allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a Zend_Pdf_ElementFactory_Proxy object and a pathname with a trailing \0 character.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.3% · top 5.8% CWE-94 · Code injection
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
7.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The getObjectByToken function in Newsletter.php in the Pimcore_Tool_Newsletter module in pimcore 1.4.9 through 2.0.0 does not properly handle an object obtained by unserializing Lucene search data, which allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a Zend_Pdf_ElementFactory_Proxy object and a pathname with a trailing \0 character.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/21/1
http://www.pimcore.org/en/resources/blog/pimcore+2.2+released_b442 PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/pimcore-2.1.0.txt Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/21/1
http://www.pimcore.org/en/resources/blog/pimcore+2.2+released_b442 PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/pimcore-2.1.0.txt Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-2921), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.