A vulnerability exists in CakePHP versions 4.0.x through 4.1.3. The CsrfProtectionMiddleware component allows method override parameters to bypass CSRF checks by changing the HTTP request method to an arbitrary string that is not in the list of request methods that CakePHP checks. Additionally, the route middleware does not verify that this overriden method (which can be an arbitrary string) is actually an HTTP method.

CakePHP before 4.0.6 and 3.10.3 mishandles CSRF token generation. This might be remotely exploitable in conjunction with XSS.

An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6. An unserialized object with modified internal properties can trigger arbitrary file overwriting upon destruction.

CakePHPallows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references

CakePHP 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file

CakePHP allows remote attackers to modify internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code

CakePHP directory traversal vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cake/libs/error.php in CakePHP before 1.1.7.3363 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL, which is reflected back in a 404 ("Not Found") error page. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.