CVE-2010-4335 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 55.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 55.2% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-01-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cakefoundation | cakephp |
| cakephp | cakephp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CakePHP 1.3.5/1.2.8 - 'Unserialize()' File Inclusion | 2011-01-18 |
| exploit-db | CakePHP 1.3.5/1.2.8 - Cache Corruption (Metasploit) | 2011-01-14 |
References
- http://malloc.im/CakePHP-unserialize.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/95847/burnedcake.py.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42211
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8026
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16011
- http://www.osvdb.org/69352
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e431e86aa4301ced4273dc7919b59362cbb353cb
- http://malloc.im/CakePHP-unserialize.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/95847/burnedcake.py.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42211
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8026
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16011
- http://www.osvdb.org/69352
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e431e86aa4301ced4273dc7919b59362cbb353cb
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