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What is this endpoint?

web/debug/default/view

Symfony

What an attacker could do

An exposed Symfony web profiler exposes full request/response data, database queries, session contents, configuration, and environment variables for every request, letting an attacker harvest credentials and map the application internals. It can also enable remote code execution through the profiler's debug toolbar in older Symfony versions.

How to defend it

Ensure the web profiler and WebProfilerBundle are only loaded in the dev environment and never deployed to production, and confirm APP_ENV=prod and APP_DEBUG=0 so the /_profiler and debug routes are absent.

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