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Vulnerability details: VCID-wd9z-d4h5-hkax
Vulnerability ID VCID-wd9z-d4h5-hkax
Aliases CVE-2019-11325
GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86
Summary Improper Input Validation in Symfony An issue was discovered in Symfony before 4.2.12 and 4.3.x before 4.3.8. The VarExport component incorrectly escapes strings, allowing some specially crafted ones to escalate to execution of arbitrary PHP code. This is related to symfony/var-exporter.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
epss 0.04687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/var-exporter/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/var-exporter/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/compare/d8bf442...57e00f3
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/compare/d8bf442...57e00f3
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2019-11325-fix-escaping-of-strings-in-varexporter
generic_textual CRITICAL https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2019-11325-fix-escaping-of-strings-in-varexporter
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-3-8-released
generic_textual CRITICAL https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-3-8-released
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://symfony.com/cve-2019-11325
generic_textual CRITICAL https://symfony.com/cve-2019-11325
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11325
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11325
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/var-exporter/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8
https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/compare/d8bf442...57e00f3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2019-11325-fix-escaping-of-strings-in-varexporter
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-3-8-released
https://symfony.com/cve-2019-11325
cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/var-exporter/CVE-2019-11325.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/compare/d8bf442...57e00f3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11325
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2019-11325-fix-escaping-of-strings-in-varexporter
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-3-8-released
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://symfony.com/cve-2019-11325
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89303
EPSS Score 0.04687
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:04.813188+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/02/GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86/GHSA-w4rc-rx25-8m86.json 38.0.0