National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4399
Original release date:10/09/2012
Last revised:10/10/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: OSVDB
Name: 84042
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120903 Re: CVE-request: CakePHP XXE injection
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120903 CVE-request: CakePHP XXE injection
External Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Name: 19863
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49900
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20120716 CakePHP 2.x-2.2.0-RC2 XXE Injection
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/markstory/2012/07/14/security_release_-_cakephp_2_1_5_2_2_1
Type: Advisory
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)