CVE-2012-4399

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Published 2012-10-09 · Modified 2024-04-09

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

CakePHPallows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-19863 webapps php verified

Pawel Wylecial · 2012-07-16

CakePHP 2.x < 2.2.0-RC2 - XML External Entity Injection

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
bullseye	Fixed	`0`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Packagist	cakephp/cakephp	`>=2.1.0-alpha,<2.1.5`	`2.1.5`
Packagist	cakephp/cakephp	`>=2.2.0-beta,<2.2.1`	`2.2.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cakefoundation	cakephp	`{"startIncluding":"2.1.0","endExcluding":"2.1.5"}`	`2.1.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-611

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.