Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSend GET to /api/extension-manager-tasks
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ExploitReach endpoint lacking authorization check
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ImpactDisclose filesystem paths, extension versions, PHP version
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions for the request itself - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default configurations via GET /api/extension-manager-tasks. The limiting factors are deployment-based: the target must be running the Flarum Extension Manager (package-manager) extension at an affected version (2.0.0-beta.1 through 2.0.0-beta.7), the extension must be installed and enabled, and the API endpoint must be network-reachable. Exploitation yields only limited read access to task output (paths, extension/PHP versions), not write access or code execution. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity unauthenticated information-disclosure flaw (CWE-862 Missing Authorization) in the Flarum Extension Manager. The input CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) confirms a fully remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack against a network-reachable endpoint, which raises reachability; however, impact is bounded - only VC:L (limited confidentiality) with no integrity (VI:N) or availability (VA:N) impact and no scope change. The disclosed data (filesystem paths, installed extensions and versions, PHP version) is reconnaissance-grade rather than directly damaging, which is why the score lands at 6.9 (medium) rather than critical. No EPSS score was provided, the CVE is NOT on the CISA KEV list, and no public exploit code was supplied, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Net assessment: this is a genuine but modest priority - easy to exploit and useful for fingerprinting/chaining into targeted follow-up attacks, but not a standalone high-impact issue. The GitHub commit evidence (adding ->authenticated() and ->admin() guards, plus regression tests asserting 401 for guests and 403 for normal users) independently confirms both the root cause and the fix, giving high confidence in the technical details. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker enumerating a Flarum forum sends an unauthenticated GET request to /api/extension-manager-tasks and receives task output exposing server filesystem paths, the list and versions of installed extensions, and the PHP version. The attacker uses this fingerprint to identify other vulnerable or outdated components and tailor a follow-up attack. No public exploit code was provided, but the request is trivial to reproduce from the CVE description and requires no authentication. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 19, 2026
Unauthenticated information disclosure in Flarum Extension Manager 2.0.0-beta.1 through 2.0.0-beta.7 allows remote attackers to read task output from /api/extension-manager-tasks, exposing filesystem paths, installed extensions and versions, and PHP version details. The TaskResource index endpoint lacks authentication and admin authorization checks (CWE-862), so guests can retrieve data that should be admin-only. The vendor fixed this in 2.0.0-beta.8; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Flarum Extension Manager to 2.0.0-beta.8 or later; this is the vendor-released patch. The fixing commit is https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/257989e71fd8cc7ddab20f31dcde1aa760b1a08f and the release is https://github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.8. If immediate upgrade is not possible, block or restrict GET /api/extension-manager-tasks at the reverse proxy or WAF to trusted admin source IPs; this may break legitimate admin task-status polling from other networks. If the Extension Manager is not required, disable or remove the package-manager extension, accepting loss of in-admin extension management functionality. Review logs for unauthenticated requests to that endpoint as reconnaissance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Flarum is PHP forum software, and its package-manager extension (Extension Manager) exposes API resources for composer-backed tasks. In affected versions, TaskResource::endpoints() did not attach ->authenticated() or ->admin() to the index endpoint, so GET /api/extension-manager-tasks was reachable without a session and returned task records with output. The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the resource relied on the absence of checks rather than enforcing an admin-only policy. The fixing commit adds both checks and integration tests asserting 401 for guests, 403 for normal users, and 200 for admins. The CVSS 4.0 vector confirms AV:N/PR:N with only VC:L, consistent with read-only disclosure rather than modification; no CPE strings were supplied in the input data.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Remote unauthenticated GET with no user interaction yields AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; only limited metadata is disclosed so C:L, with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (vulncheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Flarum Extension Manager 2.0.0-beta.1 before 2.0.0-beta.8 lacks authentication and admin checks on the TaskResource index endpoint, allowing unauthenticated information disclosure. Remote attackers can send GET requests to /api/extension-manager-tasks to read task output revealing filesystem paths, installed extensions, versions, and PHP version.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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EUVD-2026-104282
GHSA-6p4m-p9g8-5x3c
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