CVE-2026-23643

State: PUBLISHED · Published: 2026-01-16 · Updated: 2026-01-16 · Assigner: GitHub_M

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.

CWE

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

Affected

cakephp / cakephp — v=>= 5.2.10, < 5.2.12 [affected]; v=>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.1 [affected]

CVSS

3.1 score=5.4 severity=MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f x_refsource_MISC
https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html x_refsource_MISC
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

Source

cvelistV5-main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23643.json