Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Laravel Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
CVE-2018-15133
In Laravel Framework through 5.5.40 and 5.6.x through 5.6.29, remote code execution might occur as a result of an unserialize call on a potentially untrusted X-XSRF-TOKEN value. This involves the decrypt method in Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php and PendingBroadcast in gadgetchains/Laravel/RCE/3/chain.php in phpggc. The attacker must know the application key, which normally would never occur, but could happen if the attacker previously had privileged access or successfully accomplished a previous attack.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
8.1
HIGH
Exploitability:2.3
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:76.81%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-502 ↗CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| laravel | laravel | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-08-07T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-08-09T19:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2018-08-08 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-21T23:45:49 |
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