CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting

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    "title": "CakePHP PaginatorHelper::limitControl() vulnerable to reflected cross-site-scripting",
    "summary": "CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. The PaginatorHelper::limitControl() method has a cross-site-scripting vulnerability via query string parameter manipulation. This issue has been fixed in 5.2.12 and 5.3.1.",
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        "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.2.12",
        "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/tag/5.3.1",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23643",
        "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/19172",
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  "published_at": "2026-01-16T20:38:45.17+00:00"
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