CVE-2006-4067 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CakePHP

What is CVE-2006-4067?

CVE-2006-4067 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cake/libs/error.php in CakePHP before 1.1.7.3363 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL, which is reflected back in a 404 ("Not Found") error page. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4067?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including cakephp/cakephp. It affects 1 product.

Products include Cakephp Cakephp.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4067?

Upgrade cakephp/cakephp to 1.1.7.3363 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2006-4067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2023-22727 Database Query::offset() and limit() vulnerable to SQL injection in cakephp Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-35239 CakePHP allows method override parameters to bypass CSRF checks High 8.8
• CVE-2015-8379 CakePHP might allow remote attackers to bypass CSRF protection mechanism via the _method parameter High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11458 Unsafe deserialization in SmtpTransport in CakePHP High 7.5
• CVE-2016-4793 CakePHP allows remote attackers to spoof their IP High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4067, GHSA-vc29-mvwv-wpcq.