Symfony Vulnerable to stored XSS in WebProfiler CodeExtension::fileExcerpt() — Unescaped Non-PHP File Rendering
The advisory, in context
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 for branch 6.4.
Credits
Symfony would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
From 6.4.24 before 6.4.40
Fixed in 6.4.40
16 explicitly affected versions
v6.4.24, v6.4.25, v6.4.26, v6.4.27, v6.4.28, v6.4.29, v6.4.30, v6.4.31, v6.4.32, v6.4.33, v6.4.34, v6.4.35, v6.4.36, v6.4.37, v6.4.38, v6.4.39
View affected-version evidence
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"v6.4.25",
"v6.4.26",
"v6.4.27",
"v6.4.28",
"v6.4.29",
"v6.4.30",
"v6.4.31",
"v6.4.32",
"v6.4.33",
"v6.4.34",
"v6.4.35",
"v6.4.36",
"v6.4.37",
"v6.4.38",
"v6.4.39"
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}From 7.2.9 before 7.4.12
Fixed in 7.4.12
33 explicitly affected versions
v7.2.9, v7.3.0, v7.3.0-BETA1, v7.3.0-BETA2, v7.3.0-RC1, v7.3.1, v7.3.10, v7.3.11, v7.3.2, v7.3.3, v7.3.4, v7.3.5, v7.3.6, v7.3.7, v7.3.8, v7.3.9, v7.4.0, v7.4.0-BETA1, v7.4.0-BETA2, v7.4.0-RC1, v7.4.0-RC2, v7.4.0-RC3, v7.4.1, v7.4.10, v7.4.11, v7.4.2, v7.4.3, v7.4.4, v7.4.5, v7.4.6, v7.4.7, v7.4.8, v7.4.9
View affected-version evidence
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"v7.3.1",
"v7.3.10",
"v7.3.11",
"v7.3.2",
"v7.3.3",
"v7.3.4",
"v7.3.5",
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"v7.3.7",
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"v7.4.2",
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"v7.4.7",
"v7.4.8",
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}From 8.0.0 before 8.0.12
Fixed in 8.0.12
12 explicitly affected versions
v8.0.0, v8.0.1, v8.0.10, v8.0.11, v8.0.2, v8.0.3, v8.0.4, v8.0.5, v8.0.6, v8.0.7, v8.0.8, v8.0.9
View affected-version evidence
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"v8.0.4",
"v8.0.5",
"v8.0.6",
"v8.0.7",
"v8.0.8",
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}From 6.4.24 before 6.4.40
Fixed in 6.4.40
8 explicitly affected versions
v6.4.24, v6.4.25, v6.4.30, v6.4.31, v6.4.32, v6.4.34, v6.4.35, v6.4.36
View affected-version evidence
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"v6.4.34",
"v6.4.35",
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}From 7.2.9 before 7.4.12
Fixed in 7.4.12
22 explicitly affected versions
v7.2.9, v7.3.0, v7.3.0-BETA1, v7.3.0-RC1, v7.3.1, v7.3.10, v7.3.2, v7.3.3, v7.3.4, v7.3.5, v7.3.9, v7.4.0, v7.4.0-BETA1, v7.4.0-RC1, v7.4.0-RC3, v7.4.11, v7.4.3, v7.4.4, v7.4.6, v7.4.7, v7.4.8, v7.4.9
View affected-version evidence
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"v7.4.4",
"v7.4.6",
"v7.4.7",
"v7.4.8",
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}From 8.0.0 before 8.0.12
Fixed in 8.0.12
8 explicitly affected versions
v8.0.0, v8.0.11, v8.0.3, v8.0.4, v8.0.6, v8.0.7, v8.0.8, v8.0.9
View affected-version evidence
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"v8.0.4",
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"v8.0.7",
"v8.0.8",
"v8.0.9"
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}References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-hmr5-2xcr-v8pp
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/863aa81c61166f1aa74b7732df316f76113acbdb
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45072.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/twig-bridge/CVE-2026-45072.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/web-profiler-bundle/CVE-2026-45072.yaml
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45072