FKIE_CVE-2017-16894

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-20 01:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:10
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In Laravel framework through 5.5.21, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information (such as externally usable passwords) via a direct request for the /.env URI. NOTE: this CVE is only about Laravel framework's writeNewEnvironmentFileWith function in src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php, which uses file_put_contents without restricting the .env permissions. The .env filename is not used exclusively by Laravel framework.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153641/PHP-Laravel-Framework-Token-Unserialize-Remote-Command-Execution.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://whiteboyz.xyz/laravel-env-file-vuln.htmlThird Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/finnwea/status/967709791442341888
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153641/PHP-Laravel-Framework-Token-Unserialize-Remote-Command-Execution.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://whiteboyz.xyz/laravel-env-file-vuln.htmlThird Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/967709791442341888
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
laravel laravel *
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