Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-119419CakePHP through 5.4.3 SQL Injection via StringExpression and IdentifierExpression Collation

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity SQL injection in cakephp from cakephp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	cakephp	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119419

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
cakephp	cakephp	0 – through 5.4.3

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ae8c354cf825aeb7090ea4b48ce98142446f3ac9 patch
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/21951faea40060dcc5cc1da3159056df66816d3c patch
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/d04d342c3d1e0bac7ce7661bc098902cc412e595 patch
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/ac07372e6a3045ce2030701a5bc5ed71aa2b4b82 patch
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19726 patch, issue-tracking
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/StringExpression.php#L77 technical-description
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Database/Expression/IdentifierExpression.php#L106 technical-description
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/cakephp-collate-sqli third-party-advisory
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp product
VulnCheck Advisory: CakePHP through 5.4.3 SQL Injection via StringExpression and IdentifierExpression Collation third-party-advisory