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
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
security-advisories@github.comhttps://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.htmlProduct, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955fPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cakephp cakephp *
cakephp cakephp 5.3.0
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