GHSA-Q79M-C546-2G63

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-20 23:23 – Updated: 2023-01-20 23:23
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Summary
CakePHP vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through XML payloads
Details

RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages Xml::build() which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.

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  "affected": [
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "cakephp/cakephp"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "cakephp/cakephp"
      },
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            }
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        }
      ]
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      },
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          ],
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              "fixed": "2.5.90"
            }
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        }
      ]
    },
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      "package": {
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        "name": "cakephp/cakephp"
      },
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            },
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            }
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-01-20T23:23:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "RequestHandlerComponent had a vulnerability that would allow well crafted requests to create a denial of service attack. RequestHandlerComponent leverages `Xml::build()` which allows reading local files. We recommend that all applications using RequestHandlerComponent upgrade, or disable parsing XML payloads.",
  "id": "GHSA-q79m-c546-2g63",
  "modified": "2023-01-20T23:23:26Z",
  "published": "2023-01-20T23:23:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c186487151356a8d7c6e2cae05f87b9df0e59fbb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/05/28/cakephp_2_6_6_and_3_0_6_released.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/cakephp/cakephp/2015-05-28.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "CakePHP vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through XML payloads"
}



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