ubuntu-cve-2026-23643
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-16 21:15
Modified
2026-01-21 17:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
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          {
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            "binary_version": "2.8.0-1"
          },
          {
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "cakephp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cakephp@2.8.0-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.7.2-1",
        "2.8.0-1"
      ]
    },
    {
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            "binary_name": "cakephp",
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          },
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cakephp@2.10.11-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cakephp",
            "binary_version": "2.10.24-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cakephp-scripts",
            "binary_version": "2.10.24-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "cakephp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cakephp@2.10.24-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23643",
  "modified": "2026-01-21T17:37:59Z",
  "published": "2026-01-16T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23643"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23643"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bakery.cakephp.org/2026/01/14/cakephp_5212.html"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c842e7f45d85696e6527d8991dd72f525ced955f"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12"
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    {
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-23643"
  ]
}



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