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CVE-2020-24941: Improper Input Validation in Laravel

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An issue was discovered in Laravel before 6.18.35 and 7.x before 7.24.0. The $guarded property is mishandled in some situations involving requests with JSON column nesting expressions.

Affected products

• Laravel Framework: before 6.18.35; from 7.0.0 before 7.24.0 — fixed in 6.18.35, 7.24.0
• Packagist Laravel/Framework: before 6.18.35; from 7.0.0 before 7.24.0; 5.0.30, 5.2.41, v4.0.0, v4.0.0-BETA2, v4.0.0-BETA3, v4.0.0-BETA4 (+551) — fixed in 6.18.35, 7.24.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Laravel Framework 6.18.35, 7.24.0; Packagist Laravel/Framework 6.18.35, 7.24.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.laravel.com/security-release-laravel-61835-7240
• https://blog.laravel.com/security-release-laravel-61835-7240

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