CVE-2018-14774: sensiolabs symfony Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-14774 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in sensiolabs symfony. EPSS estimates a 1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-08-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in HttpKernel in Symfony 2.7.0 through 2.7.48, 2.8.0 through 2.8.43, 3.3.0 through 3.3.17, 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, 4.0.0 through 4.0.13, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.2. When using HttpCache, the values of the X-Forwarded-Host headers are implicitly set as trusted while this should be forbidden, leading to potential host header injection.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.11%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.03 pp
From 1.15% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- symfony< 3.4.14+dfsg-1
Sensiolabs1 product
- symfony≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.7.48 | ≥ 2.8.0, ≤ 2.8.43 | ≥ 3.3.0, ≤ 3.3.17 | ≥ 3.4.0, ≤ 3.4.13 | ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.13 | ≥ 4.1.0, ≤ 4.1.2
Ubuntu1 product
- symfonyAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/725dee4cd8b4ccd52e335ae4b4522242cea9bd4aX Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-14774-possible-host-header-injection-when-using-httpcacheX Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT