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What is this endpoint?

_profiler/phpinfo

Laravel Debugbar

What an attacker could do

The Symfony/Laravel debug profiler exposes phpinfo, request data, environment variables, and database queries, leaking secrets and configuration that aid further attacks.

How to defend it

Disable the web profiler and debug toolbar in production, ensure APP_DEBUG=false, and deny access to _profiler paths at the web server.

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