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CVE-2026-23643 (GCVE-0-2026-23643)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-16 20:38 – Updated: 2026-01-16 21:21

Title

CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting

Summary

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.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-16 21:21 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f…	x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
cakephp	cakephp	Affected: >= 5.2.10, < 5.2.12 Affected: >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.1	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-23643

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-16 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:21

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

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security-advisories@github.com	https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html	Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f	Patch
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security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1	Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cakephp	cakephp	*
	cakephp	cakephp	5.3.0

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    }
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  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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          "lang": "en",
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    }
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}

GHSA-QH8M-9QXX-53M5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-16 21:00 – Updated: 2026-01-16 21:56

Summary

CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting

Details

Impact

The PaginatorHelper::limitControl() method has a cross-site-scripting vulnerability via query string parameter manipulation.

Patches

This issue has been fixed in 5.2.12 and 5.3.1

Workarounds

If you are unable to upgrade, you should avoid using Paginator::limitControl() until you can upgrade.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

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    }
  ],
  "summary": "CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting"
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23643 (CVE-2026-23643)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-01-16 21:15 – Updated: 2026-01-21 17:37 – Source website

Details

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23643	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23643	REPORT
	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172	REPORT
	https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html	REPORT
	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f…	REPORT
	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12	REPORT
	https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1	REPORT

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