Remote code execution via unsanitized locale inclusion
Published Jan 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 25, 2025
File inclusion in Carbon before 2.72.6 and 3.0.0 through 3.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute uploaded PHP files via setLocale. AbstractTranslator::resetMessages appends the locale to each translation directory path and passes the resulting filename to PHP include without first rejecting path separators. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled locale input and permit a PHP file upload into a directory searched by Carbon; successful inclusion runs that file with the application's privileges.
Summary
What happened
File inclusion in Carbon before 2.72.6 and 3.0.0 through 3.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute uploaded PHP files via setLocale. AbstractTranslator::resetMessages appends the locale to each translation directory path and passes the resulting filename to PHP include without first rejecting path separators. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled locale input and permit a PHP file upload into a directory searched by Carbon; successful inclusion runs that file with the application's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-22145
- Published
- Jan 8, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2025
- Vendor
- CarbonPHP
- Product
- Carbon
- Classifications
- CWE-98, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.72.6
- Affected versionversion=>= 3.0.0, < 3.8.4
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