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CVE-2026-49260: pontedilana php-weasyprint · OS Command Injection

Affects pontedilana php-weasyprintSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 2.5.1 soon.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.5.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 1 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade php-weasyprint and pontedilana/php-weasyprint to 2.5.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
pontedilanaphp-weasyprintAffected
  • <2.5.1
Fixed in
  • 2.5.1
Packagistpontedilana/php-weasyprintpkg:composer/pontedilana/php-weasyprintOther threatsAffected
  • <2.5.1
Fixed in
  • 2.5.1

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to php-weasyprint version 2.5.1 or later, which contains a patch for this vulnerability. Until upgraded, ensure that the binary path configuration cannot be influenced by untrusted sources. Patch status is not explicitly stated as 'official-fix' but the vendor has released version 2.5.1 containing the fix, so upgrading is the recommended remediation.

Description

PhpWeasyPrint is a PHP library allowing PDF generation from a URL or an HTML page. Prior to version 2.5.1, `pontedilana/php-weasyprint` builds the shell command for WeasyPrint by passing the binary path through `escapeshellarg()` first and then checking the *quoted* result with `is_executable()`. On POSIX `escapeshellarg('/usr/local/bin/weasyprint')` returns `'/usr/local/bin/weasyprint'` with the single-quote characters as part of the string, so `is_executable()` looks for a file whose actual name includes those quotes. That file never exists, the "safe" branch is dead code, and the raw `$binary` string (set via the constructor or `setBinary()`) flows directly into `Symfony\Component\Process\Process::fromShellCommandline()`. Any deployment whose binary path is sourced from configuration, an environment variable, or a per-tenant setting reaches a shell-command-injection sink. The library is documented as a one-to-one substitute for KnpLabs/snappy and inherited the exact pre-fix codepath KnpLabs patched in GHSA-vpr4-p6fq-85jc. PhpWeasyPrint version 2.5.1 contains a patch for the issue.

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