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CVE-2019-10913 — Vulnerability in symfony/http-foundation — CVE...

CRITICAL

Invalid HTTP method overrides allow possible XSS or other attacks in Symfony

Published December 2, 2019Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

In Symfony before 2.7.51, 2.8.x before 2.8.50, 3.x before 3.4.26, 4.x before 4.1.12, and 4.2.x before 4.2.7, HTTP Methods provided as verbs or using the override header may be treated as trusted input, but they are not validated, possibly causing SQL injection or XSS. This is related to symfony/http-foundation.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published December 2, 2019 (2506 days ago).
  • Last revised November 8, 2023 — 1436 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer
Update symfony/http-foundation to 4.1.12 or later
composer require "symfony/http-foundation:^4.1.12"
Composer
Update symfony/symfony to 2.8.50 or later
composer require "symfony/symfony:^2.8.50"
Composer
Update symfony/symfony to 4.2.7 or later
composer require "symfony/symfony:^4.2.7"
Composer
Update symfony/http-foundation to 4.2.7 or later
composer require "symfony/http-foundation:^4.2.7"
Composer
Update symfony/http-foundation to 2.8.50 or later
composer require "symfony/http-foundation:^2.8.50"
Composer
Update symfony/symfony to 2.7.51 or later
composer require "symfony/symfony:^2.7.51"
Composer
Update symfony/symfony to 3.4.26 or later
composer require "symfony/symfony:^3.4.26"
Composer
Update symfony/http-foundation to 3.4.26 or later
composer require "symfony/http-foundation:^3.4.26"
Composer
Update symfony/http-foundation to 2.7.51 or later
composer require "symfony/http-foundation:^2.7.51"
Composer
Update symfony/symfony to 4.1.12 or later
composer require "symfony/symfony:^4.1.12"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (10)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (2).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
symfony/http-foundation
packagist
v4.0.0, v4.0.1, v4.0.10, v4.0.11 (+27 more)4.1.12
symfony/symfony
packagist
v2.8.0, v2.8.1, v2.8.10, v2.8.11 (+46 more)2.8.50
symfony/symfony
packagist
v4.2.0, v4.2.1, v4.2.2, v4.2.3 (+3 more)4.2.7
symfony/http-foundation
packagist
v4.2.0, v4.2.1, v4.2.2, v4.2.3 (+3 more)4.2.7
symfony/http-foundation
packagist
v2.8.0, v2.8.1, v2.8.10, v2.8.11 (+46 more)2.8.50
symfony/symfony
packagist
v2.7.0, v2.7.1, v2.7.10, v2.7.11 (+47 more)2.7.51
symfony/symfony
packagist
v3.0.0, v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.0.3 (+90 more)3.4.26
symfony/http-foundation
packagist
v3.0.0, v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.0.3 (+90 more)3.4.26
symfony/http-foundation
packagist
v2.7.0, v2.7.1, v2.7.10, v2.7.11 (+47 more)2.7.51
symfony/symfony
packagist
v4.0.0, v4.0.1, v4.0.10, v4.0.11 (+27 more)4.1.12

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE
  • CWE-89
    SQL InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-10913?
Invalid HTTP method overrides allow possible XSS or other attacks in Symfony This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-10913?
CVE-2019-10913 affects symfony/http-foundation and symfony/symfony. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-10913 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-x92h-wmg2-6hp7

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