Detect Laravel Livewire Code Injection (CVE-2025-54068) in Elastic Security
Detects exploitation of CVE-2025-54068, a code injection vulnerability in Laravel Livewire. This KEV-listed vulnerability allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code through Livewire component handling, potentially leading to remote code execution on affected Laravel applications.
MITRE ATT&CK
- Tactic
- Initial Access Execution Persistence
Elastic Detection Query
sequence by host.name with maxspan=5m
[network where event.category == "network" and
(url.path : "*/livewire/message*" or url.path : "*/livewire/upload-file*") and
http.request.method == "POST"]
[process where event.category == "process" and event.type == "start" and
(process.name in ("php", "php-fpm", "php8.0", "php8.1", "php8.2", "php8.3") or
process.parent.name in ("php", "php-fpm", "nginx", "apache2", "httpd")) and
(process.args : ("*eval(*", "*system(*", "*exec(*", "*shell_exec(*", "*base64_decode(*")) or
(process.name in ("bash", "sh", "dash", "curl", "wget") and
process.parent.name in ("php", "php-fpm"))]EQL sequence rule correlating Livewire POST requests with subsequent suspicious PHP process execution, indicating CVE-2025-54068 exploitation leading to command execution.
Data Sources
Required Tables
False Positives & Tuning
- PHP processes legitimately spawned by web applications for background jobs
- Cron-based PHP scripts that happen to execute near Livewire traffic
- Development workflows using Artisan commands alongside Livewire
Other platforms for CVE-2025-54068
Testing Methodology
Validate this detection against 3 adversary techniques from Atomic Red Team. Each test below lists the behaviour to exercise and the telemetry you should expect to see. Executable commands and cleanup steps are available with Pro.
- Test 1CVE-2025-54068 Basic eval() Injection via Livewire Message Endpoint
Expected signal: HTTP POST to /livewire/message with base64-encoded payload containing system() call; PHP process may log eval() warning; web server logs capture anomalous request body.
- Test 2CVE-2025-54068 Shell Command Execution via Livewire Injection
Expected signal: Process creation event: php or php-fpm spawning /bin/sh with argument 'id > /tmp/pwned'; file creation event at /tmp/pwned; web server access log entry for the crafted POST.
- Test 3CVE-2025-54068 Webshell Deployment Simulation
Expected signal: File creation event for shell.php in public/ directory initiated by php-fpm or web server process; subsequent HTTP GET requests to /shell.php with command parameters.
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