CVE-2025-54068: Laravel Livewire Code Injection Vulnerability
Laravel Livewire contain a code injection vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote command execution in specific scenarios.
Overview
Laravel Livewire v3, a full-stack component framework, contains a code injection flaw in its hydration process that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the server. Versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.6.3 are affected. Exploitation requires a Livewire component to be mounted and configured in a particular way, but needs no authentication or user interaction. The flaw is fixed in v3.6.4 and does not affect Livewire v1 or v2.
Vulnerability details
Livewire v3 uses a hydration mechanism to reconstruct component state from data submitted in HTTP requests, allowing the server to restore a component's properties between interactions. CWE-94 (Code Injection) arises here because the hydration process fails to properly validate or sanitize attacker-supplied property values before processing them. Instead of treating incoming property data as untrusted input, the framework processes it in a way that allows injected code to be interpreted and executed server-side, crossing the trust boundary between client-submitted data and server execution context.
An attacker sends a crafted HTTP request containing malicious Livewire component property update data to a vulnerable endpoint where a susceptible component is mounted. No credentials or prior session are required. If the targeted component is configured in the way the vulnerability requires, the server hydrates the malicious property values and executes the injected code, giving the attacker full remote command execution. The attacker can then read, modify, or destroy data on the server. This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming active exploitation in the wild.
Severity and impact
Exploitation status
This vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited in the wild — it is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Detection and monitoring
- Monitor web server and application logs for unexpected or malformed POST requests to Livewire component update endpoints originating from unauthenticated sessions, particularly those with unusual or oversized property payloads.
- Alert on anomalous server-side process spawning from the PHP or web server process, such as shell commands, network utilities, or file-write operations initiated outside normal application workflows, which may indicate successful code injection via the hydration path.
Remediation
Additional hardening
- Upgrade livewire/livewire to version 3.6.4 or later. The vendor states no workarounds are available, making this upgrade the only remediation. Livewire v1 and v2 are not affected and do not require changes.
- Restrict network access to Livewire update endpoints at the WAF or reverse proxy layer, limiting requests to expected client IP ranges where operationally feasible, to reduce exposure while patching is completed.
- Review application components for any that accept and process user-supplied property data in ways that could be exploited; audit component configurations to identify those matching the susceptible pattern described in the advisory.
- Apply PHP process-level restrictions (disable_functions, open_basedir, or containerized execution with minimal OS capabilities) to limit the impact of any successful code injection on the underlying host.
Key dates
References
- https://github.com/livewire/livewire/commit/ef04be759da41b14d2d129e670533180a44987dc
- https://github.com/livewire/livewire/security/advisories/GHSA-29cq-5w36-x7w3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54068
- https://github.com/livewire/livewire/releases/tag/v3.6.4
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-54068
- https://www.threathunter.ai/blog/iranian-threat-actor-tools-techniques-iocs-ioas/
Frequently asked questions
Does CVE-2025-54068 affect my FedRAMP authorization?
If Laravel Livewire runs inside your authorization boundary, CVE-2025-54068 affects your Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization directly. CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists this vulnerability with a remediation deadline of April 3, 2026, a date that has already passed. An unpatched KEV inside your boundary is a finding your assessor and sponsoring agency can see now. At this point, you either remediate it or formally document the mitigation and the delay.
How does Knox help me handle CVE-2025-54068?
Knox does not patch your software. Remediating Laravel Livewire is your responsibility under the FedRAMP shared-responsibility model. What Knox provides is the pre-authorized, single-tenant boundary to remediate within, along with continuous compliance monitoring and audit-artifact coverage that support your documentation at the next assessment. The fix belongs to you; maintaining a defensible compliance posture while you apply it is not something you have to manage on your own.
How does Knox's monitoring help with vulnerabilities like this?
Knox's automated continuous monitoring platform watches your environment for newly disclosed vulnerabilities and compliance issues, including cases like CVE-2025-54068. Exposure surfaces during ongoing monitoring rather than only when an assessor flags it at review time, giving your team earlier visibility and more time to act.
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CVE-2025-54068's remediation deadline of April 3, 2026 has passed. What happens now?
An unremediated CVE-2025-54068 is already a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) item. A growing POA&M list is what turns a routine continuous-monitoring review into a difficult conversation with your sponsoring agency. Closing it out now and documenting why the deadline was missed is what keeps your authorization clean and the agency relationship intact.
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