CVE-2015-8379

Exp

CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter.

Published: 2016-01-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2015-8379 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-8379

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8379

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 2026-06-15 0.05% 1.40% +1.35%
2 2026-02-01 0.27% 0.05% -0.22%
3 2025-07-07 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8379

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-8379

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-8379

GHSA-556q-h4vr-pgh2 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — CakePHP might allow remote attackers to bypass CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8379

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-8379 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-2015-8379
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-8379 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cakephp), 11 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cakephp cakephp 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8379

cvelogic Threat Intelligence