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REDAXO EUVDEUVD-2026-110799

| CVE-2026-117534 MEDIUM
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)
2026-10-27 disclosure@vulncheck.com GHSA-463p-v63r-mx34
5.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: vulncheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure logged-in backend user to attacker page
  2. Delivery
    Browser issues top-level GET to history endpoint
  3. Exploit
    SameSite=Lax session cookie authorizes request
  4. Execution
    Unvalidated func=clearall or snap executes
  5. Impact
    Permanently delete snapshots or roll back article

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated REDAXO backend user to be lured into visiting an attacker-controlled page while their backend session is active; the attacker needs no credentials. The destructive clearall path (permanent deletion of all article snapshots) specifically requires the victim to be an administrator, because the history administration page sits under the system page. The snap rollback path requires only a victim holding the history[article_rollback] permission. Both actions were reachable as plain GET requests via rex_request() against $_REQUEST with no CSRF token, and REDAXO's default SameSite=Lax session cookie is still sent on a top-level GET navigation, so no form submission or JavaScript on the target was needed. Limiting factors: required user interaction (victim must open the malicious page while logged in), the victim's privilege level gating which action succeeds, and the fix in 5.21.3 which enforces token validation. Only versions <=5.21.2 are affected.

Impact

This is a genuine but modest-priority issue. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity CSRF requiring active victim interaction, with impact limited to integrity and availability of content/history data (VC:N/VI:L/VA:L) and no scope change - consistent with the 5.1 Medium score and the vendor's 'this_month' priority rather than act_now/emergency. No KEV listing and no EPSS score were provided, and no public exploit or PoC reference is present in the sources, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation; the detailed GHSA root-cause writeup is advisory material, not working exploit code. The key limiter is that the attacker gains no privileges of their own - exploitation depends entirely on a logged-in backend user (an administrator for the destructive clearall path, or a holder of the history[article_rollback] permission for the snap path) being lured to an attacker-controlled page. Note the PR:N applies to the attacker, who is unauthenticated, even though the attack rides a privileged victim's authenticated session; this is normal for CSRF and not a contradiction. Overall: a real, confirmed, patched weakness worth remediating in the normal cycle, not an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a web page that, when opened by a logged-in REDAXO backend administrator, navigates the browser to the backend history URL with func=clearall; REDAXO's SameSite=Lax session cookie is sent on the top-level GET, so the action runs in the victim's session and irreversibly deletes all stored article snapshots. A lower-privilege variant uses rex_history_function=snap to silently revert an article to an earlier stored state against a victim holding the article_rollback permission. No public exploit code is identified, though the GHSA advisory documents the exact triggering URLs.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026

REDAXO through 5.21.2 permits cross-site request forgery in its structure/history plugin, letting an attacker who lures a logged-in backend user onto a hostile page permanently wipe every stored article snapshot (func=clearall) or silently roll an article back to an earlier stored version (rex_history_function=snap). Both actions were triggered by plain GET requests without a CSRF token, and the default SameSite=Lax session cookie is still sent on a top-level navigation, so neither a form submission nor target-side JavaScript was required; the destructive clearall path needs an administrator victim, while rollback only needs a victim holding the history[article_rollback] permission. This is a genuine but modest-priority issue: user interaction and victim privilege level constrain it, the attacker gains no content disclosure, no permission change and cannot inject arbitrary content, and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. The vendor released a fix in 5.21.3 that enforces token validation on both actions.

RemediationAI

Upgrade REDAXO core to 5.21.3 or later, which is the exact fix version named by the vendor and the Composer package metadata (composer/redaxo/source fixed in 5.21.3). The patch makes both history actions validate a CSRF token: the clearall link now carries the token and additionally requests confirmation before deleting snapshots, and the snapshot restore is issued as an ajax call from history.js with the token supplied alongside the existing history parameters, returning HTTP 403 when the token is invalid instead of silently doing nothing. Advisory details and the root-cause writeup are at https://github.com/redaxo/core/security/advisories/GHSA-vjwx-3c33-xwmc. No separate vendor workaround is documented; the token validation shipped in 5.21.3 is presented as the fix, so installations that cannot update immediately should treat the vulnerable func=clearall and rex_history_function=snap request paths as untrusted until the upgrade is applied.

Affected VersionsENISA

core 0 <5.21.3

Affected Packages

euvd core fix: 5.21.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-352 cross-site request forgery in REDAXO's PHP-based article history plugin (structure/history). The plugin read its control parameters through rex_request(), which resolves against $_REQUEST and therefore accepts GET as readily as POST, and it performed two state-changing operations without any token check: the history administration page called rex_article_slice_history::clearAllHistory() whenever func=clearall was present, and the plugin bootstrap called rex_article_slice_history::restoreSnapshot($historyDate, $articleId, $clangId) when rex_history_function=snap was present. The corresponding delete control was a plain anchor without a token or confirmation prompt. Because REDAXO's session cookie defaults to SameSite=Lax, it is still attached to a top-level GET navigation such as a window.location redirect from an attacker page, so the request executes in the victim's authenticated session without any form or JavaScript on the target. The 5.21.3 fix requires a valid token on both paths: the delete link now carries the token and adds a confirmation prompt, and snapshot restore is issued as an ajax call from history.js with the token passed the same way the other history parameters are, with invalid tokens answered by HTTP 403 rather than failing silently. The trigger mechanics for the individual HTTP requests are fully described in the upstream advisory; no memory-safety or injection primitive is involved.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vulncheck) PRIMARY 5.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated CSRF (PR:N) needs victim to open a page (UI:R); no confidentiality impact, limited integrity (content rollback) and availability (irreversible history deletion).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (vulncheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Active
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
Low
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Oct 27, 2026 - 12:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

REDAXO before 5.21.3 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the structure/history plugin that allows attackers to delete history or roll back content via unvalidated GET requests. Attackers can lure logged-in backend users to a page triggering func=clearall or rex_history_function=snap, permanently deleting all article snapshots or reverting articles to earlier states.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 99% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche open-source PHP CMS, limited mainly to German-speaking market
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.

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