CVE-2021-3129
Published 2021-01-12 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2021-3129 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Laravel Ignition. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 18, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 9, 2023. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Laravel has 3 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 1 of them linked to ransomware.
All 3 known-exploited Laravel vulnerabilities →Description
Ignition before 2.5.2, as used in Laravel and other products, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of insecure usage of file_get_contents() and file_put_contents(). This is exploitable on sites using debug mode with Laravel before 8.4.2.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Laravel — Ignition
Name: Laravel Ignition File Upload Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-09-18 · Due: 2023-10-09
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162094/Ignition-2.5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165999/Ignition-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://github.com/facade/ignition/pull/334
- https://www.ambionics.io/blog/laravel-debug-rce
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162094/Ignition-2.5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165999/Ignition-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://github.com/facade/ignition/pull/334
- https://www.ambionics.io/blog/laravel-debug-rce

