CVE-2012-4399

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Xml class in CakePHP 2.1.x before 2.1.5 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

The Xml class in CakePHP 2.1.x before 2.1.5 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP

First reported 12 years ago

2012-10-09 23:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-07-30 06:28:00

Affected Software

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.0

2.1.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.0-alpha

2.1.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.0-beta

2.1.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.0 Release Candidate

2.1.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.1

2.1.1

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.2

2.1.2

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.3

2.1.3

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.1.4

2.1.4

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.2.0

2.2.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.2.0- Release Candidate 1

2.2.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.2.0-Release Candidate 2

2.2.0

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP 2.2.0-beta

2.2.0-beta

References

http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/markstory/2012/07/14/security_release_-_cakephp_2_1_5_2_2_1

Vendor Advisory

20120716 CakePHP 2.x-2.2.0-RC2 XXE Injection

Exploit

49900

Vendor Advisory

19863

[oss-security] 20120903 CVE-request: CakePHP XXE injection

[oss-security] 20120903 Re: CVE-request: CakePHP XXE injection

84042

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