CVE-2011-3712: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

May 17, 2022 (updated January 17, 2023)

CakePHP 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by dispatcher.php and certain other files.

References

code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README
code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/cakephp-1.3.7
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7p6-fr3x-r877
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3712

Code Behaviors & Features

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