CakePHP security issue

Recently I have stumbled upon thechaw.com--written by CakePHP core dev and developed in CakePHP. I just wanted to check if they have fixed the old security issue in CakePHP and found that the issue is still open.

Proof of concept

CakePHP memory error

In another time, found a famous memory error even in bakery.cakephp.org

Bottom line

CakePHP is open source and so you can fix these issues by yourself

Comments

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