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CVE-2015-8379

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8379 describes a critical vulnerability in CakePHP versions 2.x and 3.x prior to 3.1.5, allowing remote attackers to bypass the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism through manipulation of the _method parameter. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no required privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cakephp/cakephpFixed in: 3.1.5
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-556q-h4vr-pgh2high

CakePHP might allow remote attackers to bypass CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter

May 14, 2022

References

bakery.cakephp.org / 2015/11/29/cakephp_315_released.html
Vendor Advisory
blog.mindedsecurity.com / 2016/01/request-parameter-method-may-lead-to.html
Exploit
karmainsecurity.com / KIS-2016-01
Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135301/CakePHP-3.2.0-CSRF-Bypass.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/42
Exploit
github.com / cakephp/cakephp/commit/0f818a23a876c01429196bf7623e1e94a50230f0
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537317/100/0/threaded