Ignition before 2.5.2, as used in Laravel and other products, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of i
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Now (action score 99/100)
- CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Sep 18, 2023); it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 9, 2023.
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: facade/ignition (Packagist) 1.16.14, 2.4.2, 2.5.2.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to facade/ignition (Packagist) 1.16.14, 2.4.2, 2.5.2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Jan 12, 2021
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 99.9% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
99
Now
Patch today or shut off access.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 30 / 30 · 99.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sep 18, 2023. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 9, 2023.
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
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Affected versions
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- facade ignitionbefore 2.5.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | facade/ignition | from 1.7.0 · before 1.16.14 | 1.16.14 |
| Packagist | facade/ignition | from 2.0.0 · before 2.4.2 | 2.4.2 |
| Packagist | facade/ignition | from 2.5.0 · before 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
| Packagist | facade/ignition | before 1.6.15 | 1.6.15 |
Same product
laravel: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-15133In Laravel Framework through 5.5.40 and 5.6.x through 5.6.29, remote code execution might occur as a result of an unserialize call on a poteKEV85Now
- CVE-2017-16894In Laravel framework through 5.5.21, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information (such as externally usable passwords) via a direct re56Plan
- CVE-2021-28254A deserialization vulnerability in the destruct() function of Laravel v8.5.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands.39Monitor
- CVE-2022-2870laravel deserialization39Monitor
- CVE-2022-2886Laravel deserialization35Monitor
- CVE-2020-24941An issue was discovered in Laravel before 6.18.35 and 7.x before 7.24.0.30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Packagist:facade/ignition | 1.16.14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:facade/ignition | 1.6.15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:facade/ignition | 2.4.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:facade/ignition | 2.5.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×1
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×33
Noroxi does not host or link to exploit code. Metasploit module names and Nuclei template ids are shown (names, not code); Exploit-DB entries and PoC repositories are given as counts only.
| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2021-01-14 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/multi/php/ignition_laravel_debug_rceUnauthenticated remote code execution in Ignitionexploit | 2021-01-13 |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2021-3129 | — |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:289 | 2021-01-13 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:134 | 2021-01-22 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:79 | 2021-01-25 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:18 | 2021-01-27 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:69 | 2021-01-27 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:2 | 2021-02-14 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:166 | 2021-02-18 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2021-04-11 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:1 | 2021-07-22 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- First PoC+1 d
- Metasploit+1 d
- CISA KEV+979 d
- TodayOct 17, 2026+2104 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-21-0054 · Jan 20, 2021(Laravel Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.