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Authtake EUVDEUVD-2026-98473

| CVE-2026-89279 MEDIUM
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)
2026-10-13 TR-CERT GHSA-54qm-8vvv-7m55
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: TR-CERT
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Lure authenticated user to malicious page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver forged cross-site request
  3. Exploit
    Browser submits request with victim session
  4. Execution
    Server performs unintended state change
  5. Impact
    Integrity of application data compromised

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

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a victim who holds an active, authenticated session to the Authtake application (version 1.3 up to but not including 1.4) and who is then tricked into loading attacker-controlled content - a malicious link, page, or email - that issues the forged request (UI:R). It is limited by the absence of any standard anti-CSRF defense in the vulnerable versions and by the fact that no attacker authentication is needed (the victim's session is abused); the attack fails if the user is not logged in, if CSRF tokens/SameSite protections are enforced, or if the user never interacts with the malicious content. Impact is confined to integrity - no data disclosure or denial of service.

Impact

CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating a network-reachable, low-complexity CSRF (CWE-352) whose only impact is to integrity (I:H), with no confidentiality or availability consequence. The PR:N value reflects standard CSRF modeling - the attacker leverages the victim's authenticated session rather than holding credentials themselves - while UI:R correctly captures the hard requirement that a logged-in user be lured into triggering the forged request. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or automatability; exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Net assessment: this is a real but moderate-priority issue, not an emergency - the integrity-only impact, mandatory user interaction, and obscure single-vendor footprint argue against mass exploitation. One data tension to verify: the description's phrase 'allows Encryption Brute Forcing' is unusual for a CSRF and does not obviously map to an integrity-only CSRF outcome; the semantics of the integrity impact should be confirmed with the vendor/TR-CERT advisory.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page or email link and lures a user who is currently authenticated to the Authtake application into visiting it. The page silently submits a forged, state-changing request to Authtake using the victim's session, altering data or settings (integrity impact) without the victim's consent. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and success depends on the victim being logged in and interacting with the attacker-controlled content.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026

Cross-site request forgery in AuthTake Technology Inc.'s Authtake application (v1.3 up to but not including v1.4) lets remote attackers forge requests through a logged-in victim's session, a weakness the TR-CERT advisory characterizes as enabling encryption brute forcing. Rated CVSS 3.1 6.5 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, the flaw is integrity-only - no confidentiality or availability impact - and requires the victim to hold an active authenticated session and be tricked into loading attacker-controlled content; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Authtake v1.4 or later, which is the first release outside the affected range; this is the primary and cleanest fix and should be verified against the TR-CERT advisory TR-26-1310 (https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-1310) since no standalone vendor patch note was provided. If upgrading cannot be done immediately, compensating controls should target the CSRF prerequisite directly: enforce anti-CSRF tokens on every state-changing request and reject requests whose token is missing or mismatched (trade-off: breaks any existing integrations that post directly to those endpoints), set session cookies to SameSite=Strict or at minimum Lax with Secure and HttpOnly attributes (trade-off: SameSite=Strict can break legitimate cross-site SSO or embedded flows), add strict Origin/Referer allow-list validation on the affected endpoints (trade-off: false positives from privacy-stripping proxies or referrer-policy changes can block legitimate users), and require re-authentication or step-up confirmation for the sensitive cryptographic/encryption-configuration action that the forged request is reported to trigger. Because exploitation depends on a victim being logged in and interacting with attacker-controlled content, reducing session lifetime and training users not to follow unsolicited links offer only marginal additional risk reduction and should not replace the server-side controls above. Patch status: vendor-released version v1.4 resolves the issue per the advisory; no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

Affected VersionsENISA

authtake v1.3 <v1.4

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery): Authtake 1.3 lacks an effective anti-CSRF defense - no per-request token, no Origin/Referer validation, and insufficient SameSite cookie enforcement - on requests that trigger a security-relevant operation. Because the browser automatically attaches the victim's session cookies to requests originating from any site, an attacker who can persuade an authenticated user to visit a malicious page, follow a crafted link, or open a rigged email can cause the application to execute a state-changing action with that user's privileges. The TR-CERT reporting frames the consequence as enabling encryption brute forcing, suggesting the forged request drives or reconfigures a cryptographic/key-derivation operation that the attacker can then attack offline; the CVSS vector, however, scores the impact strictly as integrity (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability consequence. The affected CPE cpe:2.3:a:authtake_technology_inc.:authtake:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is a wildcard, so version scoping comes from the advisory text: v1.3 prior to v1.4.

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Severity by source

Vendor (TR-CERT) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Classic CSRF: network-delivered (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), no attacker privileges since the victim's session is abused (PR:N), but user interaction is mandatory (UI:R); impact is integrity-only (I:H, C/A:N).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (TR-CERT).

CVSS VectorVendor: TR-CERT

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Cross-Site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in AuthTake Technology Inc. Authtake allows Encryption Brute Forcing.

This issue affects authtake: from v1.3 before v1.4.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 100% exploitable
Prevalence
Rare
obscure single-vendor product, no visible enterprise deployment footprint
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 No
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

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
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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