CVE-2026-23643

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

CVSS 5.4 MEDIUMEPSS 0.3%CWE-79

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 5.4EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

16 Jan 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

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

Affected products

cakephp · cakephp

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References

https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172 https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12 https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1 https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5