Improper access control in Progress Sitefinity
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
CWE-284: Improper Access Control in web services in Progress Sitefinity 15.4.8623 before 15.4.8630 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to access content that should be restricted, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected installations.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Sitefinity (Progress Software) Fixed in 15.4.8630
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Progress Software Sitefinity — community.progress.com/s/article/Sitefinity-Security-Adviso…
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-06419 Insufficiently protected credentials in Progress SitefinityPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-06420 Insufficiently protected credentials in Progress SitefinityPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-06320 Authorization bypass in Progress SitefinityPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7198
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9pjg-65cc-3h57
- 2026-10-19 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
More Progress Sitefinity vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-06690 Telerik.Web.UI.dll in Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX before R2 2017 SP1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-12346 Progress Sitefinity before 15.0.0 allows XSS by authenticated users via the content form in the SF Editor. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-13767 An issue was discovered in Progress Sitefinity 13.3 before 13.3.7647, 14.0 before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-11630 Sitefinity 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x allow remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12987 Progress Sitefinity 12.1 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-06419 Insufficiently protected credentials in Progress Sitefinity CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-7198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7198 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9pjg-65cc-3h57 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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