Cakephp
CVE-2019-11458
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Safe deserialization, type allowlists
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Avoid deserializing untrusted data. Use safe serialization formats (JSON). Implement integrity checks and type allowlists.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in composer
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects. An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6. An unserialized object with modified internal properties can trigger arbitrary file overwriting upon destruction. Affected products include: Cakephp.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6. An unserialized object with modified internal properties can trigger arbitrary file overwriting upon destruction.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Insecure deserialization occurs when an application converts serialized data (a stream of bytes representing an object's state) back into a living object without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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 X
The clientIp function in CakePHP 3.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof their IP via the CLIENT-IP HTTP head
CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via the _method pa
CakePHP is a development framework for PHP web apps. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely
SQL injection in the CakePHP PHP framework (versions prior to 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.9, 5.2.14, and 5.3.7) allows unauthenti
SQL injection in CakePHP's database layer allows attackers to inject arbitrary SQL when an application uses FunctionsBui
SQL injection in CakePHP 5.4.3 and earlier allows an attacker who can influence a collation name passed to the StringExp
SQL injection in CakePHP through 5.4.3 allows an attacker who can influence window-function query parameters to inject S
Authentication bypass in the CakePHP Authentication plugin's CookieAuthenticator (versions before 2.11.2, 3.0.0-3.3.6, a
Email header injection in CakePHP's Mailer component allows CRLF sequences embedded in custom header values to split SMT
Local file inclusion in CakePHP's View::_getElementFileName() allows remote attackers to include arbitrary PHP files fro
Email header injection in CakePHP's SmtpTransport and MailTransport lets data that an application places into custom mai
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