SQL injection in CakePHP WindowExpression range() and frame()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
CakePHP through 5.4.3 contains an SQL injection flaw in WindowExpression::range() and frame(), which accept frame offsets and directions without validation. A remote attacker with no privileges can pass crafted values through an application that forwards user input into the OVER clause, running SQL with the database connection's privileges (CWE-89).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
CakePHP through 5.4.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability that allows attackers to inject SQL by supplying unvalidated frame offsets and directions to WindowExpression::range() and frame(). Attackers can pass crafted values through applications forwarding user input into the OVER clause to execute SQL with the database connection's privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for cakephp.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119418
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-h3r5-88vp-3qm7
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Patch 4
Other 3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-119418 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119418 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3r5-88vp-3qm7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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