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SCA: security update for cakephp/cakephp (GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436801

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-23643)

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436801

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/17/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23643

cwe: CWE-79