CVE-2026-119419
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.2 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-89 · SQL injection
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 9.2
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
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
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- 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
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