Formbricks missing JWT signature verification
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Formbricks is an open source qualtrics alternative. Prior to version 4.0.1, Formbricks is missing JWT signature verification. This vulnerability stems from a token validation routine that only decodes JWTs (jwt.decode) without verifying their signatures. Both the email verification token login path and the password reset server action use the same validator, which does not check the token’s signature, expiration, issuer, or audience. If an attacker learns the victim’s actual user.id, they can craft an arbitrary JWT with an alg: "none" header and use it to authenticate and reset the victim’s password. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| formbricks | formbricks | before 4.0.1 | 4.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- formbricks Vendorformbricks Affected before 4.0.1 Fixed in 4.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA formbricks (formbricks) Fixed in 4.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59934
- 2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/security/advisories/GHSA-7229-q9pv-j6p4
- https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/pull/6596
- https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/commit/eb1349f205189d5b2d4a95ec42245ca98cf68c82
- https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/blob/843110b0d6c37b5c0da54291616f84c91c55c4fc/apps/web/lib/jwt.ts#L114-L117
More formbricks vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67396 Incorrect authorization in Formbricks CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2026-74114 Cross-organization IDOR in Formbricks server actions via organizationId CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
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