CVE-2012-4399

published 2012-10-09

CVE-2012-4399: 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…

Priority P2 61 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cakefoundation	cakephp	>= 2.1.0 < 2.1.5	2.1.5
cakefoundation	cakephp	>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.1	2.2.1
cakephp	cakephp	>= 2.1.0-alpha < 2.1.5	2.1.5
cakephp	cakephp	>= 2.2.0-beta < 2.2.1	2.2.1
debian	cakephp	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

command <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY payload SYSTEM "file:///c:/windows/win.ini">]> &payload;↗

• → Detect XXE payloads targeting CakePHP's Xml class by inspecting HTTP request bodies for XML DOCTYPE declarations containing SYSTEM entity references to local file paths (e.g., file:///etc/passwd or file:///c:/windows/win.ini). ↗

• · The vulnerability exists specifically in CakePHP versions 2.1.x before 2.1.5 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1. Detection efforts should be scoped to environments running these affected version ranges. ↗
• · The fix was applied in versions 2.2.1 and 2.1.5; systems patched to these versions or later are not vulnerable and do not require XXE-specific mitigations for this CVE. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

vendor_debian 7.5 LOW

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