Cross-site request forgery in the Guardian/CMC login before 26.3.0
Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
cve-program · CVE-2026-33920
PublishedA cross-site request forgery vulnerability was discovered in the login functionality (both standard and SAML) due to missing validation of the anti-CSRF token. An attacker with a valid account can trick a victim into unknowingly authenticating with the attacker's credentials. Any operation performed by the victim in this state is attributed to the attacker's account, compromising the integrity of the audit trail.
- Source published
- 8 Sep 2026 13:57:54 UTC
- Source modified
- 15 Oct 2026 01:18:25 UTC
- Observed here
- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1 · 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N