# Laravel Hijacked authentication cookies vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/laravel-hijacked-authentication-cookies-vulnerability-e7d282f7  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-05-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: info · Published 2024-05-15

Laravel Hijacked authentication cookies vulnerability

Technologies: [illuminate/auth (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/illuminate-auth). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Informational severity, published 15 May 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** illuminate/auth (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=4.0.0,fixed=4.1.26.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** Yes. illuminate/auth (Packagist): upgrade to 4.1.26 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run illuminate/auth (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- illuminate/auth (Packagist): upgrade to 4.1.26 or later

  ```sh
  composer require illuminate/auth:^4.1.26
  ```


## Affected products

- illuminate/auth (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=4.0.0,fixed=4.1.26

## Related threats

- [Laravel does not properly constrain the host portion of a password-reset URL](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-9303-laravel-does-not-properly-constrain-the-host-portion-of-a-password)
- [Laravel Sensitive Data Exposure](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-14775-laravel-sensitive-data-exposure)