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CVE-2019-11458

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11458 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting CakePHP 3.7.6's SmtpTransport component, allowing for arbitrary file overwriting. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, posing a significant integrity risk to affected systems. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. This suggests a low current threat landscape, though the potential impact remains high if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:3.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cakephp/cakephpFixed in: 3.5.18
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cakephp/cakephpFixed in: 3.6.15
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cakephp/cakephpFixed in: 3.7.7
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrwhigh

Unsafe deserialization in SmtpTransport in CakePHP

Dec 2, 2019

References

bakery.cakephp.org / 2019/04/23/cakephp_377_3615_3518_released.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / cakephp/cakephp/commit/1a74e798309192a9895c9cedabd714ceee345f4e
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / cakephp/cakephp/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / cakephp/cakephp/compare/3.7.6...3.7.7
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / cakephp/cakephp/releases
Release NotesThird Party Advisory