CVE-2026-79752: CakePHP: Multiple methods in FunctionsBuilder vulnerable to SQL injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.2 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-17 · updated 2026-09-30
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. Prior to 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.9, 5.2.14, and 5.3.7, FunctionsBuilder::cast, FunctionsBuilder::extract, FunctionsBuilder::datePart, and FunctionsBuilder::dateAdd in src/Database/FunctionsBuilder.php accept user-controlled dataType, part, or unit values and incorporate them into generated SQL as unescaped structural fragments. An application that passes untrusted input to these parameters can permit SQL injection with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact according to the database connection's privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.9, 5.2.14, and 5.3.7.

Affected products

cakephp: before 4.5.12; from 4.6.0, < 4.6.5; from 5.0.0, < 5.1.9; from 5.2.0, < 5.2.14; from 5.3.0, < 5.3.7

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