MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-4050

Symfony vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
8.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
FragmentListener in the HttpKernel component in Symfony 2.3.19 through 2.3.28, 2.4.9 through 2.4.10, 2.5.4 through 2.5.11, and 2.6.0 through 2.6.7, when ESI or SSI support enabled, does not check if the _controller attribute is set, which allows remote attackers to bypass URL signing and security rules by including (1) no hash or (2) an invalid hash in a request to /_fragment.
Affected vendor
Sensiolabs
Affected product
Symfony
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2015-06-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-4050

  • Confirm whether Sensiolabs Symfony is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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