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Laravel saves the APP it uses to encrypt the cookies and other credentials inside a file called `.env` that can be accessed using some path traversal under: `/../.env`
Laravel will also show this information inside the debug page \(that appears when Laravel finds an error and it's activated\).
Using the secret APP\_KEY of Laravel you can decrypt and re-encrypt cookies:
Vulnerable versions: 5.5.40 and 5.6.x through 5.6.29 \([https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-15133/](https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-15133/)\)
Here you can find information about the deserialization vulnerability here: [https://labs.f-secure.com/archive/laravel-cookie-forgery-decryption-and-rce/](https://labs.f-secure.com/archive/laravel-cookie-forgery-decryption-and-rce/)
You can test and exploit it using [https://github.com/kozmic/laravel-poc-CVE-2018-15133](https://github.com/kozmic/laravel-poc-CVE-2018-15133)
Or you can also exploit it with metasploit: `use unix/http/laravel_token_unserialize_exec`
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