diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php b/src/Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php
index ff9d88f8ca41..9857c983327f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Encryption/Encrypter.php
@@ -229,8 +229,21 @@ protected function getJsonPayload($payload)
      */
     protected function validPayload($payload)
     {
-        return is_array($payload) && isset($payload['iv'], $payload['value'], $payload['mac']) &&
-            strlen(base64_decode($payload['iv'], true)) === openssl_cipher_iv_length(strtolower($this->cipher));
+        if (! is_array($payload)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach (['iv', 'value', 'mac'] as $item) {
+            if (! isset($payload[$item]) || ! is_string($payload[$item])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (isset($payload['tag']) && ! is_string($payload['tag'])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return strlen(base64_decode($payload['iv'], true)) === openssl_cipher_iv_length(strtolower($this->cipher));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Encryption/EncrypterTest.php b/tests/Encryption/EncrypterTest.php
index ee6d5cfdc47c..c989a5d9f18e 100755
--- a/tests/Encryption/EncrypterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Encryption/EncrypterTest.php
@@ -204,4 +204,27 @@ public function testSupportedMethodAcceptsAnyCasing()
         $this->assertTrue(Encrypter::supported($key, 'aes-128-CBC'));
         $this->assertTrue(Encrypter::supported($key, 'aes-128-cbc'));
     }
+
+    public function provideTamperedData()
+    {
+        return [
+            [['iv' => ['value_in_array'], 'value' => '', 'mac' => '']],
+            [['iv' => '', 'value' => '', 'mac' => '']],
+            [['iv' => '', 'value' => ['value_in_array'], 'mac' => '']],
+            [['iv' => '', 'value' => '', 'mac' => ['value_in_array']]],
+            [['iv' => '', 'value' => '', 'mac' => ['value_in_array'], 'tag' => ['value_in_array']]],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideTamperedData
+     */
+    public function testTamperedPayloadWillGetRejected($payload)
+    {
+        $this->expectException(DecryptException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The payload is invalid.');
+
+        $enc = new Encrypter(str_repeat('x', 16));
+        $enc->decrypt(base64_encode(json_encode($payload)));
+    }
 }