CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting_CVE-2026-23643

5.4 / 10

MEDIUM

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23643

Source GitHub_M

Published Jan 16, 2026 at 20:38

Modified Jan 16, 2026 at 21:21

Affected Product

Vendor cakephp

Product cakephp

Version >= 5.2.10, < 5.2.12

Affected Versions cakephp cakephp >= 5.2.10, < 5.2.12
cakephp cakephp >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.1

CWE Classification

CWE-79

References

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