CVE-2026-23643CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.28%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 79% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcakephp/cakephpGHSA-qh8m-9qxx-53m5 (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-2861 (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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