CVE-2024-51754 is a low-severity (CVSS 2.2) CWE-668 vulnerability in twig/twig. A fix is available for twig/twig — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Unguarded calls to __toString() when nesting an object into an array in Twig
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-51754.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-51754 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
twig/twig🐘twig/twigReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Description
In a sandbox, an attacker can call __toString() on an object even if the __toString() method is not allowed by the security policy when the object is part of an array or an argument list (arguments to a function or a filter for instance).
Resolution
The sandbox mode now checks the __toString() method call on all objects.
The patch for this issue is available here for the 3.11.x branch, and here for the 3.x branch.
Credits
We would like to thank Jamie Schouten for reporting the issue and Fabien Potencier for providing the fix.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | twig/twig | all versions | 3.11.2composer require twig/twig:^3.11.2 |
| 🐘Packagist | twig/twig | ≥ 3.12&&< 3.14.1 | 3.14.1composer require twig/twig:^3.14.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for twig/twig, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update twig/twig to 3.11.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-51754 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-51754 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-51754. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-51754 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-51754 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.