CarbonPHP carbon up to 2.72.5/3.8.3 Carbon::setLocale php file inclusion

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CarbonPHP carbon up to 2.72.5/3.8.3. This affects the function Carbon::setLocale. Such manipulation leads to php file inclusion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22145. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CarbonPHP carbon up to 2.72.5/3.8.3. Affected by this issue is the function Carbon::setLocale. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a php file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-98. The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Carbon is an international PHP extension for DateTime. Application passing unsanitized user input to Carbon::setLocale are at risk of arbitrary file include, if the application allows users to upload files with .php extension in an folder that allows include or require to read it, then they are at risk of arbitrary code ran on their servers. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.8.4 and 2.72.6.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22145 since 12/30/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216748 (Debian dla-4068 : php-nesbot-carbon - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.72.6 or 3.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216748). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

• CarbonPHP

Name

• carbon

Version

• 2.72.0
• 2.72.1
• 2.72.2
• 2.72.3
• 2.72.4
• 2.72.5
• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1
• 3.8.2
• 3.8.3

Website

• Product: https://github.com/CarbonPHP/carbon/

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion