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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-22145)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4068 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4068-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     February 25, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : php-nesbot-carbon     Version        : 2.32.2-1+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-22145     Debian Bug     : 1092680

    Arbitrary file include in Carbon::setLocale has been fixed in Carbon,     a PHP API extension for DateTime.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.32.2-1+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your php-nesbot-carbon packages.

    For the detailed security status of php-nesbot-carbon please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/php-nesbot-carbon

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-22145)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
230734	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-22145	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
216748	Debian dla-4068 : php-nesbot-carbon - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	medium
416091	SCA: security update for nesbot/carbon (GHSA-j3f9-p6hm-5w6q)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
416091	SCA: security update for nesbot/carbon (GHSA-j3f9-p6hm-5w6q)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

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