CVE-2010-4335
The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x through 1.3.5 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to modify the internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code via a crafted data[_Token][fields] value that is…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x through 1.3.5 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to modify the internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code via a crafted data[_Token][fields] value that is processed by the unserialize function, as demonstrated by modifying the file_map cache to execute arbitrary local files.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 55.20% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 January 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- cakefoundation/cakephp · cakephp/cakephp
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 55.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://malloc.im/CakePHP-unserialize.txtExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/95847/burnedcake.py.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42211Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8026
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16011
- http://www.osvdb.org/69352
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e431e86aa4301ced4273dc7919b59362cbb353cbPatch
- http://malloc.im/CakePHP-unserialize.txtExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/95847/burnedcake.py.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42211Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8026
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16011
- http://www.osvdb.org/69352
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e431e86aa4301ced4273dc7919b59362cbb353cbPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.