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CVE-2020-35239

A vulnerability exists in CakePHP versions 4.0.x through 4.1.3.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.61%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability exists in CakePHP versions 4.0.x through 4.1.3. The CsrfProtectionMiddleware component allows method override parameters to bypass CSRF checks by changing the HTTP request method to an arbitrary string that is not in the list of request methods that CakePHP checks. Additionally, the route middleware does not verify that this overriden method (which can be an arbitrary string) is actually an HTTP method.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.61% probability · 49th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-352
Affected
cakephp/cakephp
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.61%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.