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TI-2026-40127 Aliases CVE-2026-55590GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm

CakePHP: Open redirect weakness via backslash bypass

Priority LOW 24CWE-601Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-601.

Summary

CakePHP Authentication is an authentication plugin for CakePHP that can also be used in PSR-7 based applications. Prior to 2.11.1, 3.3.6, and 4.1.1, the getLoginRedirect() method contains a weakness to backslash bypasses that allows redirect targets with attacker-controlled hostnames through the redirect query string parameter. This issue is fixed in versions 2.11.1, 3.3.6, and 4.1.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00491 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed authentication (cakephp): 2.11.1, 3.3.6, 4.1.1cakephp/authentication (Packagist): 3.3.6, 4.1.1, 2.11.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cakephpauthenticationbefore 2.11.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.3.6; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.12.11.1, 3.3.6, 4.1.1Patch availableCNA
—cakephp/authentication (Packagist)3.0.0 to before 3.3.63.3.6Patch availableGHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
—cakephp/authentication (Packagist)4.0.0 to before 4.1.14.1.1Patch availableGHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
—cakephp/authentication (Packagist)before 2.11.12.11.1Patch availableGHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
  • authentication Vendorcakephp Affected before 2.11.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.3.6; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1 Fixed in 2.11.1, 3.3.6, 4.1.1 Patch available CNA
  • cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.3.6 Fixed in 3.3.6 Patch available GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
  • cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1 Fixed in 4.1.1 Patch available GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
  • cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.11.1 Fixed in 2.11.1 Patch available GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.11.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.3.6; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1Vulnerablecakephp
  • cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.11.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.3.6; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·cakephp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA authentication (cakephp) Fixed in 2.11.1, 3.3.6, 4.1.1
  • Fix · GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Fixed in 3.3.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm cakephp/authentication (Packagist) Fixed in 2.11.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55590
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm

References

Patch 6

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2010-04068 The _validatePost function in libs/controller/components/security.php in CakePHP 1.3.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-19037 CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2023-08901 Database Query::offset() and limit() vulnerable to SQL injection in cakephp CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-04142 The clientIp function in CakePHP 3.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof their… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-06899 CakePHP 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.5 might allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-17913 A vulnerability exists in CakePHP versions 4.0.x through 4.1.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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