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CVE-2026-23643
CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting
Medium5.4EPSS 0.28%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcakephp/cakephpGHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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