CVE-2018-14773
An issue was discovered in Http Foundation 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. It arises from support for a (legacy) IIS header that lets users override the path in the request URL via the X-Original-URL or X-Rewrite-URL HTTP request header. These headers are designed for IIS support, but it's not verified that the server is in fact running IIS, which means anybody who can send these requests to an application can trigger this. This affects \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::prepareRequestUri() where X-Original-URL and X_REWRITE_URL are both used. The fix drops support for these methods so that they cannot be used as attack vectors such as web cache poisoning.
EPSS 16.65% · 95.1th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | symfony | 0, 2.7.1+dfsg-1, 2.7.5+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | symfony | 0, *, 3.4.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 104943 (circl)
- https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2018-005 (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190310 [SECURITY] [DLA 1707-1] symfony security update (circl)
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-14773-remove-support-for-legacy-and-risky-http-headers (circl)
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/e447e8b92148ddb3d1956b96638600ec95e08f6b (circl)
- 1041405 (circl)
- DSA-4441 (circl)
- 20190510 [SECURITY] [DSA 4441-1] symfony security update (circl)
Timeline
- Aug 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 11, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 27, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 21, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 15, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 19, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14773 third-party-advisory
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-14773-remove-support-for-legacy-and-risky-http-headers third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14773 third-party-advisory