CVE-2026-48820

CakePHP: View::element() is missing a path containment check

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Jun 17, 2026
Updated: Jun 18, 2026
Reserved: May 22, 2026

Description

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. In versions 4.5.11 and earlier, 4.6.0 through 4.6.3, 5.0.0 through 5.1.6, 5.2.0 through 5.2.12, and 5.3.0 through 5.3.5, View::_getElementFileName() does not check that the resolved element path is within the application/plugin view template paths. When element names are created with specifically crafted user-supplied data this weakness can be leveraged to include other PHP files on the server. Patched releases are available in 5.3.6, 5.2.13, 5.1.7, 4.6.4, and 4.5.11.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cakephpcakephp	>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.6Affected >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.13Affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.7Affected >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.4Affected < 4.5.11Affected

References

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-wpvj-hjcr-h3p2

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