CVE-2026-23643

medium

Description

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. The PaginatorHelper::limitControl() method has a cross-site-scripting vulnerability via query string parameter manipulation. This issue has been fixed in 5.2.12 and 5.3.1.

References

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f

https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-16

Updated: 2026-01-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N