LaRecipe - RCE (CVE-2025-53833)

CVE-2025-53833 is a critical Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in LaRecipe versions prior to 2.8.1, which can lead to remote code execution (RCE) under certain configurations. Exploiting this flaw, attackers may execute arbitrary commands on the server, access sensitive environment variables, and potentially escalate their privileges, posing a severe risk to affected Laravel applications.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of July 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2025-53833 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2025-53833 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-53833 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Attackers exploit the LaRecipe documentation endpoint by injecting SSTI payloads such as {{phpinfo()}} in the query string, potentially leading to remote code execution on vulnerable servers.