CVE-2026-55590: CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in cakephp authentication
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.
CVE-2026-55590: CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in cakephp authentication
Description
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 v4.0
Score 5.1medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-16T23:18:03.170Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a4ff3f768715ace43ecf66c
Added to database: 07/09/2026, 19:18:15 UTC
Last updated: 07/09/2026, 19:18:15 UTC
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