CVE-2012-4399

Publication date 9 October 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
cakephp	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

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Notes

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Per upstream advisory, 1.2 and 1.3 is not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Jul/101
http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/markstory/2012/07/14/security_release_-_cakephp_2_1_5_2_2_1
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/84042
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4399