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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2026-72709

SPIP < 4.4.18 Missing Authorization via ecrire/action/

Description

SPIP before version 4.4.18 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in sensitive actions under ecrire/action/ that allows unauthenticated attackers to invoke privileged actions by supplying only a valid CSRF nonce without any server-side permission check. Attackers can bypass template-level authorization guards through direct HTTP requests to invoke actions such as editer_auteur, enabling arbitrary account password rewrites including administrator accounts and resulting in full account takeover.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

SPIP SPIP

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 4.4.18affected

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