CVE-2026-118266

Echo: CSRF Protection Bypass via MethodOverride Rewriting POST to Safe Method

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Oct 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Reserved
Oct 27, 2026

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Description

Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Echo's MethodOverride middleware accepts a safe HTTP method as the override target for a POST request. When MethodOverride is registered before CSRF in the post-routing middleware chain, route selection retains the original state-changing POST handler but the override changes the method before CSRF evaluates it, causing both token validation and Sec-Fetch-Site checks to be skipped. A cross-site exploit requires an authenticated victim and an override value that a browser-submitted request can control, such as the form getter used by the advisory reproducer; the default X-HTTP-Method-Override header getter is not settable by a cross-site form. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
echolabstack
  • < 4.16.0Affected
  • >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.0Affected

References

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