CVE-2026-119419
CakePHP through 5.4.3 SQL Injection via StringExpression and IdentifierExpression Collation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.2 Critical
- Published
- Oct 30, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 30, 2026
Description
CakePHP through 5.4.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability that allows attackers to inject SQL by supplying unvalidated collation values to StringExpression and IdentifierExpression. Attackers controlling a collation name passed to the constructor or setCollation() can append SQL after the unquoted COLLATE clause, affecting every database driver within the connection's privileges.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.2 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cakephpcakephp |
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References
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ae8c354cf825aeb7090ea4b48ce98142446f3ac9patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/21951faea40060dcc5cc1da3159056df66816d3cpatch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/d04d342c3d1e0bac7ce7661bc098902cc412e595patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ac07372e6a3045ce2030701a5bc5ed71aa2b4b82patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19726patchissue-tracking
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/StringExpression.php#L77technical-description
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/IdentifierExpression.php#L106technical-description
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/cakephp-collate-sqlithird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephpproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: CakePHP through 5.4.3 SQL Injection via StringExpression and IdentifierExpression Collationthird-party-advisory
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