diff --git a/cake/libs/router.php b/cake/libs/router.php
index a38920f0d..7703010c8 100644
--- a/cake/libs/router.php
+++ b/cake/libs/router.php
@@ -206,11 +206,7 @@ class Router extends Object {
 	function connect($route, $default = array(), $params = array()) {
 		$_this =& Router::getInstance();
 		$admin = Configure::read('Routing.admin');
-		$default = array_merge(array('action' => null), $default);
-
-		if (!empty($default) && empty($default['action'])) {
-			$default['action'] = 'index';
-		}
+		$default = array_merge(array('action' => 'index'), $default);
 
 		if(isset($default[$admin])) {
 			$default['prefix'] = $admin;
@@ -419,11 +415,11 @@ class Router extends Object {
 						$out['named'] = $named;
 					}
 				}
-				
+
 				if (isset($params['pass'])) {
-					foreach ($params['pass'] as $param) {
-						if (isset($out[$param])) {
-							$out['pass'][] = $out[$param];
+					for ($i = count($params['pass']) - 1; $i > -1; $i--) {
+						if (isset($out[$params['pass'][$i]])) {
+							array_unshift($out['pass'], $out[$params['pass'][$i]]);
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
index c8c01c301..b2f54c18e 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
@@ -621,6 +621,12 @@ class RouterTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts/5:sample-post-title');
 		$expected = array('pass' => array('5', 'sample-post-title'), 'named' => array(), 'id' => 5, 'url_title' => 'sample-post-title', 'plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$this->router->reload();
+		$this->router->connect('/posts/:id::url_title/*', array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view'), array('pass' => array('id', 'url_title'), 'id' => '[\d]+'));
+		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts/5:sample-post-title/other/params/4');
+		$expected = array('pass' => array('5', 'sample-post-title', 'other', 'params', '4'), 'named' => array(), 'id' => 5, 'url_title' => 'sample-post-title', 'plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 	function testUuidRoutes() {
@@ -938,7 +944,7 @@ class RouterTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/pages/display/home/parameter:value');
 		$expected = array('pass' => array('home'), 'named' => array('parameter' => 'value'), 'plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
-		
+
 		$this->router->reload();
 		$this->router->connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home'));
 		$this->router->connect('/pages/*/:event', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'), array('event' => '[a-z0-9_-]+'));
@@ -1092,4 +1098,5 @@ class RouterTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array('pass' => array(), 'named' => array(), 'plugin' => '', 'controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'index', '[method]' => array('GET', 'POST')));
 	}
 }
+
 ?>
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