CVE-2010-4335

Published: Jan 14, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x through 1.3.5 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to modify the internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code via a crafted data[_Token][fields] value that is processed by the unserialize function, as demonstrated by modifying the file_map cache to execute arbitrary local files.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

cakefoundation

oss-projectaka cakephp foundation, cakephp

cakephpLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

cakephp

oss-project

cakephpOn-prem

OSS Libraries / web-framework

Packagist

package-ecosystem

cakephp/cakephp

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

3 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://malloc.im/CakePHP-unserialize.txt

malloc.im

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/95847/burnedcake.py.txt

packetstormsecurity.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/42211

secunia.com

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