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What is this endpoint?

storage/logs/laravel.log

Laravel application log that can leak stack traces, queries, and secrets

What an attacker could do

Reveals application stack traces, SQL queries with bound parameters, and sometimes credentials or tokens logged during errors, giving an attacker a detailed map of the app internals.

How to defend it

Ensure the document root is public/ so storage/ is never web-accessible, set APP_DEBUG=false in production, and restrict log file permissions.

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