{"id":"CVE-2015-8379","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8379","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:52:31.835Z","title":"CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter.","description":"CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter.","published":"2016-01-26T19:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:34:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["cakephp/cakephp"],"epss":{"score":0.01401,"percentile":0.72319,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-01","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/42","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537317/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/0f818a23a876c01429196bf7623e1e94a50230f0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-01","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/42","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537317/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/0f818a23a876c01429196bf7623e1e94a50230f0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8379","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}