SB2018080915 - Remote code execution in Laravel Framework
Published: August 9, 2018 Updated: January 16, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15133)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data passed via the X-XSRF-TOKEN token in decrypt() method from Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php and PendingBroadcast() method from gadgetchains/Laravel/RCE/3/chain.php in phpggc. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires knowledge of application key.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.