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.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-16T21:21:56.372Z

Reserved: 2026-01-14T16:08:37.483Z

Link: CVE-2026-23643

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-16T21:21:48.383Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-16T21:15:51.543

Modified: 2026-01-16T21:15:51.543

Link: CVE-2026-23643

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