CVE-2026-1468
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedQuickCMS is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery across multiple endpoints. An attacker can craft special website, which when visited by the victim, will automatically send a POST request with victim's privileges. This software does not implement any protection against this type of attack. All forms available in this software are potentially vulnerable. This issue was fixed in a patch to version 6.8 published on 14.05.2026, deployments without this patch are still vulnerable
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceQuickCMS lacks CSRF protection across all form submissions. An attacker can embed malicious forms on external websites that silently trigger authenticated actions when visited by QuickCMS users, allowing unauthorized commands to be executed with the victim's session privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- Authentication
- X
- User interaction
- A
- Scope
- X
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm QuickCMS installationLocate QuickCMS files in the web root directory or check for the presence of quickcms-related directories and files such as index.php, admin/, or configuration files.Affected if QuickCMS is present on the system.
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Inspect form submissions for anti-CSRF tokensExamine HTML source code of forms within the QuickCMS application. Look for hidden input fields containing tokens (such as 'csrf_token', 'token', 'nonce', or similar) or check if forms include token parameters in their action URLs.Affected if No anti-CSRF tokens are present in form submissions.
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Review session cookie configurationInspect HTTP response headers from the QuickCMS application, particularly Set-Cookie headers. Check if the session cookie includes SameSite=Strict or SameSite=Lax attributes.Affected if Session cookies lack SameSite attribute or have SameSite=None configured.
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Check application code for CSRF protection functionsSearch QuickCMS source code files (PHP, etc.) for CSRF protection implementations. Look for references to 'csrf', 'synchronizer token', 'anti-csrf', 'nonce', or similar security functions that validate tokens on form submissions.Affected if No CSRF validation logic is found in the codebase.
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Test form submission without tokenSubmit a form request to QuickCMS using an external origin (simulating cross-origin request) without including any CSRF token. Observe whether the action is processed successfully.Affected if Form submissions succeed without requiring a CSRF token.
A QuickCMS installation is affected if it lacks anti-CSRF tokens in forms, does not implement CSRF validation logic, and has session cookies without SameSite attributes.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement synchronizer token pattern (anti-CSRF tokens) for all form submissions, and configure SameSite=Strict or SameSite=Lax attributes on session cookies to prevent cross-origin cookie leakage.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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