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CVE-2015-8379
CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter.
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcakephp/cakephpGHSA-556q-h4vr-pgh2 (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20160115 [KIS-2016-01] CakePHP <= 3.2.0 "_method" CSRF Protection Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160115 [KIS-2016-01] CakePHP <= 3.2.0 "_method" CSRF Protection Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/0f818a23a876c01429196bf7623e1e94a50230f0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2499 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-556q-h4vr-pgh2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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