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CakePHP vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through XML payloads

OSV carries this publisher advisory for cakephp/cakephp, cakephp/cakephp, cakephp/cakephp, cakephp/cakephp, cakephp/cakephp. This is an aggregated source copy; consult the original publisher and compare update dates.

source listedactiveGHSA-q79m-c546-2g63

This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.

01 / Meaning

Why it matters

Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.

02 / Applicability

The affected context

Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 3.0.0; fixed 3.0.6

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.0.0; fixed 2.0.99

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.1.0; fixed 2.1.99

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.2.0; fixed 2.2.99

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.3.0; fixed 2.3.99

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.4.0; fixed 2.4.99

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.5.0; fixed 2.5.90

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

cakephp/cakephp

source listed
  • ECOSYSTEM: introduced 2.6.0; fixed 2.6.6

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

03 / Response

What to do next

  1. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 3.0.6 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  2. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.0.99 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  3. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.1.99 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  4. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.2.99 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  5. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.3.99 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  6. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.4.99 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  7. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.5.90 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

  8. vendor patch

    The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.6.6 for cakephp/cakephp. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.

    Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV

A fixed release is not deployment evidence.

Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.

04 / Limits

What this report cannot establish

  • Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
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05 / Provenance

Sources you can inspect

Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.

  1. GHSA-q79m-c546-2g63 ↗

    GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory

    Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.

Public revision history

Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.

  1. Revision 1 ·

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