{"id":"USN-8978-1","summary":"cakephp vulnerability","details":"Dawid Golunski discovered that CakePHP incorrectly trusted the CLIENT-IP\nHTTP header when determining the client IP address. A remote attacker could\npossibly use this issue to spoof their IP address.","modified":"2026-11-04T03:43:13.424935128Z","published":"2026-11-03T17:33:31Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4793"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-4793","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4793"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8978-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4793"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cakephp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cakephp?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.2-1","2.8.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"cakephp","binary_version":"2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_version":"2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"cakephp-scripts"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8978-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-4793"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}