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CVE-2015-8379
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2016-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-352
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.
Affected products
- cakephp: 2.0.0, 2.0.0-alpha, 2.0.0-beta, 2.0.0-dev, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.0-rc2 (+131)
References
- http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html
- http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-01
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/42
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537317/100/0/threaded
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/0f818a23a876c01429196bf7623e1e94a50230f0
- http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html
- http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-01
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/42
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