CVE-2026-49001
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 · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities allow attackers to exploit a user's authenticated session to forge cross-site requests, inducing the execution of unintended operations such as tampering with configuration data.
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 confidenceThis is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability with a CVSS 5.3 (Medium) severity. The flaw allows remote attackers to exploit an authenticated user's session and forge malicious cross-site requests, potentially leading to unauthorized tampering with application configuration data.
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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
- High
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
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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Verify anti-CSRF token implementationInspect HTML forms and AJAX requests in the application for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens. Submit a state-changing request (e.g., configuration change) without a token and observe if the request is accepted.Affected if State-changing requests execute successfully without requiring a valid anti-CSRF token
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Check SameSite cookie attribute configurationExamine session cookies using browser developer tools or by inspecting HTTP response headers. Verify if the SameSite attribute is set to Strict or Lax on authentication cookies.Affected if Authentication cookies lack SameSite attribute or have it set to None without the Secure flag
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Validate origin/referer header enforcementSend a cross-origin request with a manipulated Origin or Referer header to state-changing endpoints and check if the application rejects the request.Affected if The application accepts state-changing requests from unexpected origins without validating the Origin or Referer header
The environment is affected if state-changing operations lack anti-CSRF protection mechanisms, authentication cookies have inadequate SameSite configuration, or the application does not validate request origins.
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 anti-CSRF tokens for state-changing operations, configure SameSite cookie attributes, and validate request origin/referer headers to prevent forged requests from executing.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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