GHSA-6hg4-vp5q-47mw: CakePHP allows direct access of prefixed controller actions

medium Affects cakephp/cakephp. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2023-01-20; advisory modified 2024-11-29.

CakePHP allows direct access of prefixed controller actions

Package: cakephp/cakephp Composer
Affected versions: >=2.0.0 and <2.0.99 or >=2.1.0 and <2.1.99 or >=2.2.0 and <2.2.99 or >=2.3.0 and <2.3.99 or >=2.4.0 and <2.4.99 or >=2.5.0 and <2.5.9 or >=2.6.0 and <2.6.11 or >=2.7.0 and <2.7.2
Fixed in: 2.0.99, 2.1.99, 2.2.99, 2.3.99, 2.4.99, 2.5.9, 2.6.11, 2.7.2
Severity: medium
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV
Published: 2023-01-20
Source: osv.dev

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