CVE-2025-49130 — barryvdh/laravel-translat…
Fix: barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager@527446eCVE-2025-49130 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager. A fix is available for barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Laravel Translation Manager Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting
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-2025-49130.
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.
Real-World Exposure
barryvdh/laravel-translation-managerReal-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
Impact
The application is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to incorrect input validation and sanitization of user-input data. An attacker can inject arbitrary HTML code, including JavaScript scripts, into the page processed by the user's browser, allowing them to steal sensitive data, hijack user sessions, or conduct other malicious activities.
Patches
The issue is fixed in https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager/pull/475 which is released in version 0.6.8
Workarounds
Only authenticated users with access to the translation manager are impacted.
References
[PT-2025-04] laravel translation manager.pdf
Reported by
Positive Technologies (Artem Deikov, Ilya Tsaturov, Daniil Satyaev, Roman Cheremnykh, Artem Danilov, Stanislav Gleym)
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager | all versions | 0.6.8composer require barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager:^0.6.8 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager to 0.6.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-49130 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-2025-49130 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2025-49130. 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-2025-49130 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2025-49130 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.