CVE-2026-55590
CVE-2026-55590 · CakePHP: Open redirect weakness via backslash bypass
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CakePHP Authentication is an authentication plugin for CakePHP that can also be used in PSR-7 based applications. Prior to 2.11.1, 3.3.6, and 4.1.1, the getLoginRedirect() method contains a weakness to backslash bypasses that allows redirect targets with attacker-controlled hostnames through the redirect query string parameter. This issue is fixed in versions 2.11.1, 3.3.6, and 4.1.1.
CVSS 5.1 · Medium · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: php
Affected products and versions
authentication
- Versions
- < 2.11.1: Affected
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.6: Affected
- >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1: Affected
No fix published
cakephp/authentication Packagist
- Versions
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.3.5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.3.6
Update to 3.3.6
cakephp/authentication Packagist
- Versions
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.1.0
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.1.1
Update to 4.1.1
cakephp/authentication Packagist
- Versions
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0-alpha1
- 1.0.0-beta1
- 1.0.0-beta2
- 1.0.0-beta3
- 1.0.0-beta4
- 1.0.0-rc1
- 1.0.0-rc2
- 1.0.0-rc3
- 1.0.0-rc4
- 1.0.0-rc5
- 1.0.0-rc6
- 1.0.0-rc7
- 1.0.0-rc8
- 1.0.0-rc9
- 1.0.1
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.3.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.0
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- 2.11.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.4.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.7.0
- 2.8.0
- 2.9.0
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2.11.1
Update to 2.11.1
Original sources
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-hhpq-7wg4-36jm
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/795
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/796
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/799
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/1c1e29c7e8129cfbcae74558316ecd3ea50a8273
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/df28ea4e712f1e5bd0e42be4a3c5c750ca50764d
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/ee24bd48b9c3ef693dc9965de8f0cc8020a7052c
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/releases/tag/2.11.1
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/releases/tag/3.3.6
- https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/releases/tag/4.1.1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55590