Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cakephp (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CAKEPHP-15032445
- published18 Jan 2026
- disclosed16 Jan 2026
Introduced: 16 Jan 2026
CVE-2026-23643 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:11.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cakephp package and not the cakephp package as distributed by Debian.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23643
- 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