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Vulnerability details: VCID-xsdu-qsw4-ebaz
Vulnerability ID VCID-xsdu-qsw4-ebaz
Aliases CVE-2020-35239
GHSA-9pgx-pf36-w46r
Summary Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) A vulnerability exists in CakePHP The `CsrfProtectionMiddleware` component allows method override parameters to bypass CSRF checks by changing the HTTP request method to an arbitrary string that is not in the list of request methods that CakePHP checks. Additionally, the route middleware does not verify that this overriden method (which can be an arbitrary string) is actually an HTTP method.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35239
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35239
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://bakery.cakephp.org/2020/12/07/cakephp_4010_released.html
generic_textual HIGH https://bakery.cakephp.org/2020/12/07/cakephp_4010_released.html
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pgx-pf36-w46r
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35239
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35239
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35239
https://bakery.cakephp.org/2020/12/07/cakephp_4010_released.html
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
CVE-2020-35239 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35239
GHSA-9pgx-pf36-w46r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pgx-pf36-w46r
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bakery.cakephp.org/2020/12/07/cakephp_4010_released.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35239
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40252
EPSS Score 0.00187
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:20:45.437450+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/cakephp/cakephp/CVE-2020-35239.yml 38.6.0