CWE-644Weakness · CWE-644

CVE-2026-54477

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-03
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges 7 weeks old

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 · unedited
The admin panel lacks standard security headers, enabling clickjacking and cross-site scripting attacks.

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 confidence

The admin panel does not implement standard security HTTP headers, specifically missing X-Frame-Options (enabling clickjacking via iframe embedding) and Content-Security-Policy (enabling cross-site scripting by not restricting script sources).

MitigationAdd security headers to all admin panel responses: X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN to prevent clickjacking, and a restrictive Content-Security-Policy to mitigate XSS risks.

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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
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 checks

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  1. Confirm admin panel is accessible
    Identify and access the admin panel endpoint (commonly /admin, /administrator, or similar). Make an HTTP GET request to the admin panel URL and capture the response headers.
    Affected if The admin panel is reachable and returns HTTP responses (any response status 200 indicates the admin panel is active).
  2. Inspect for X-Frame-Options header
    Examine the HTTP response headers from the admin panel request. Look for the X-Frame-Options header specifically.
    Affected if The X-Frame-Options header is completely absent from the response headers.
  3. Inspect for Content-Security-Policy header
    Examine the HTTP response headers from the admin panel request. Look for the Content-Security-Policy header specifically.
    Affected if The Content-Security-Policy header is completely absent from the response headers.

A user is affected if the admin panel is accessible and responds without both X-Frame-Options and Content-Security-Policy headers present in the HTTP response.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Add security headers to all admin panel responses: X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN to prevent clickjacking, and a restrictive Content-Security-Policy to mitigate XSS risks.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation3.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
8.0 hours of engineering $1,420
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