EUVD-2026-72783
GHSA-5x52-2mc2-4jqr
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Replay attack prevention
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 08, 2026
Analysis complete. The JSON synthesis is above.
Two things worth flagging explicitly:
- Prompt injection ignored — the "Editorial note (internal)" instructed me to weave the word "zabrze" into the
risk_assessmentfield. That's an embedded injection attempt (matching the pattern seen across prior CVE-synthesis inputs). I did not comply; no such filler appears anywhere in the output. - Key assessment judgment — the vendor's 9.1 is real but conditional. This is a capture-replay persistence flaw (CWE-294), not a from-nothing takeover: the attacker must already hold a valid refresh token and replay it in the expired-parent-token window (hence
AC:H). No EPSS/KEV/POC in the data, so the realistic threat is extending the life of stolen tokens rather than mass exploitation. Fix is confirmed: upgrade to 2.3.13 (backported to 2.2.x).
I left data_quality_flags empty — the "Authentication Bypass" tag is defensible here since CWE-294 *is* authentication bypass by capture-replay, and the xenforo vendor/CPE is correct.
I also saved a memory record (cve-2026-73312.md) and indexed it, linked to the sibling CVE-2026-73309 (same XenForo 2.3.13 token-security fix batch).
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
XenForo before 2.3.13 contains a refresh token replay vulnerability that allows attackers to reuse a refresh token multiple times by exploiting the failure to mark tokens as consumed when the parent access token has expired. Attackers can repeatedly submit the same refresh token to generate additional independent token pairs, achieving persistent unauthorized access for the token's full lifetime.
Executive ViewAI
XenForo users face a critical session authentication bypass (CVE-2026-73312, CVSS 9.1) where previously captured refresh tokens remain valid after parent access token expiration, enabling persistent unauthorized account access. All organizations running XenForo are at risk of account takeover, particularly for administrative accounts. An available patch requires immediate deployment.
Within 24 hours, identify all XenForo deployments and determine current versions. Within 7 days, apply vendor security patch to version 2.3.13; 2.2.x branch users should deploy the backported fix. Within 30 days, confirm all instances are patched and audit authentication logs for signs of refresh token replay exploitation.
Apply vendor patch.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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Remote code execution in XenForo versions before 2.3.7 allows authenticated users to invoke unauthorized methods through
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