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What is this endpoint?

debug/default/view

Symfony

What an attacker could do

Reaching the Symfony debug controller exposes the profiler interface, which discloses request internals, configuration, environment secrets, and stack traces useful for crafting further attacks.

How to defend it

Disable debug mode and the web profiler in production (APP_ENV=prod, debug=false) and ensure the WebProfilerBundle is only registered for the dev environment.

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