GHSA-hmr5-2xcr-v8pp
Symfony Vulnerable to stored XSS in WebProfiler CodeExtension::fileExcerpt() — Unescaped Non-PHP File Rendering
Details
### Description
Symfony's profiler, a development only debug UI, renders source-code excerpts on several pages using Twig's custom `file_excerpt` filter. This filter renders PHP files via `highlight_string()` (which escapes HTML), but renders **non-PHP files** by splitting on `\n` and interpolating each line directly into `<code>{$line}</code>` with no escaping.
An attacker who can write arbitrary bytes into any file under the project root (including e.g. `var/log/dev.log`), achieves **stored XSS** against any developer who later opens that file in the profiler.
### Resolution
The `file_excerpt` filter now properly escapes each line of non-PHP files using `htmlspecialchars()` before concatenating them.
The patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/863aa81c61166f1aa74b7732df316f76113acbdb) for branch 6.4.
### Credits
Symfony would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.
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Affected packages
6.4.24 Fixed in: 6.4.40 composer require symfony/symfony:^6.4.40 7.2.9 Fixed in: 7.4.12 composer require symfony/symfony:^7.4.12 8.0.0 Fixed in: 8.0.12 composer require symfony/symfony:^8.0.12 6.4.24 Fixed in: 6.4.40 composer require symfony/twig-bridge:^6.4.40 7.2.9 Fixed in: 7.4.12 composer require symfony/web-profiler-bundle:^7.4.12 8.0.0 Fixed in: 8.0.12 composer require symfony/web-profiler-bundle:^8.0.12 References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-hmr5-2xcr-v8pp [WEB]
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/863aa81c61166f1aa74b7732df316f76113acbdb [WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45072.yaml [WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/twig-bridge/CVE-2026-45072.yaml [WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/web-profiler-bundle/CVE-2026-45072.yaml [WEB]
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony [PACKAGE]
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45072 [WEB]