CVE-2026-119419
critical · 9.2CakePHP 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.
9.2
CVSS
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EPSS (exploit prob.)
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EPSS percentile
2026-10-30
Published
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-89
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/cakephp-collate-sqli
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/IdentifierExpression.php#L106
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/StringExpression.php#L77
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/21951faea40060dcc5cc1da3159056df66816d3c
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ac07372e6a3045ce2030701a5bc5ed71aa2b4b82
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ae8c354cf825aeb7090ea4b48ce98142446f3ac9
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/d04d342c3d1e0bac7ce7661bc098902cc412e595
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19726
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cakephp-through-5.4.3-sql-injection-via-stringexpression-and-identifierexpression-collation
Query this programmatically:
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