CVE-2026-56706

Adminer before 5.4.3 CSRF Token Secret Recovery via XOR Masking

State
Published
Severity
6.1 Medium
Published
Aug 25, 2026
Updated
Aug 25, 2026
Reserved
Jun 22, 2026

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Description

Adminer before 5.4.3 uses a CSRF token scheme that transmits both the XOR mask and the masked value in every token (format (rand XOR secret):rand), allowing anyone who observes a single CSRF token (e.g., via network sniffing, log files, Referrer header, or XSS) to recover the session secret with a single XOR operation and forge unlimited valid tokens. The implementation is further weakened by a low-entropy session token (rand(1,1e6), ~20 bits) that permits blind brute-force, and by use of loose comparison (==) in token verification, enabling PHP type juggling. Exploitation enables cross-site request forgery against authenticated sessions, including execution of arbitrary SQL queries.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.16.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Affected Products

ProductVersions
adminervrana
  • before 5.4.3Affected
  • 5.4.3Not affected

References

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