Improper Input Validation Affecting symfony/http-foundation package, versions >=4.2.0, <4.2.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-SYMFONYHTTPFOUNDATION-174501
  • published 24 Apr 2019
  • disclosed 24 Apr 2019
  • credit mschop

How to fix?

Upgrade symfony/http-foundation to version 4.2.7 or higher.

Overview

symfony/http-foundation is a component defines an object-oriented layer for the HTTP specification.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The function getMethod() did not validate or escape the X-HTTP-Method-Override header or the HTTP method itself. This could result in those input being returned in dangerous contexts under certain circumstances.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None