TI-2019-08553 Aliases CVE-2019-11458 GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw

An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6.

LOW 37CWE-502Published 2019-05-08 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

An issue was discovered in SmtpTransport in CakePHP 3.7.6. An unserialized object with modified internal properties can trigger arbitrary file overwriting upon destruction.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02002 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed cakephp/cakephp (Packagist): 3.5.18, 3.6.15, 3.7.7

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	cakephp/cakephp (Packagist)	3.0.0 to before 3.5.18	3.5.18	Patch available	GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw
—	cakephp/cakephp (Packagist)	3.6.0 to before 3.6.15	3.6.15	Patch available	GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw
—	cakephp/cakephp (Packagist)	3.7.0 to before 3.7.7	3.7.7	Patch available	GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.5.18 Fixed in 3.5.18 Patch available GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw
cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.6.0 to before 3.6.15 Fixed in 3.6.15 Patch available GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw
cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.7.0 to before 3.7.7 Fixed in 3.7.7 Patch available GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:3.7.6:::::::*	3.7.6	Vulnerable	cakephp

cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:3.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.6 Vulnerable ·cakephp

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Fixed in 3.5.18 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Fixed in 3.6.15 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw cakephp/cakephp (Packagist) Fixed in 3.7.7 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11458
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qhrx-hcm6-pmrw

References

Patch 3

Advisory 3

Other 4

TI-2010-04068 The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-19037 CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2023-08901 Database Query::offset() and limit() vulnerable to SQL injection in cakephp CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-04142 The clientIp function in CakePHP 3.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof their… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-06899 CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-17913 A vulnerability exists in CakePHP versions 4.0.x through 4.1.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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