CVE-2010-4335

Exp

The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x through 1.3.5 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to modify the internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code via a crafted data[_Token][fields] value that is processed by the unserialize function, as demonstrated by modifying the file_map cache to execute arbitrary local files.

Published: 2011-01-14 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4335 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.64%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4335

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16011 exploit_db edb 2011-01-18 Exploit-DB ↗
16902 exploit_db edb 2011-01-14 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4335

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-23 84.20% 82.64% -1.56%
2 2025-07-16 85.22% 84.20% -1.02%
3 2025-03-30 85.22%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4335

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4335

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2010-4335

GHSA-g2vx-8v47-4vhh · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — CakePHP allows remote attackers to modify internal Cake cache and execute arbitrary code

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4335

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-4335 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cakephp), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4335
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4335 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cakephp), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4335

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4335

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cakefoundation cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakefoundation:cakephp:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4335

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