Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in SimplCommerce News Module
Priority LOW 30CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in NewsItemApiController in SimplCommerce prior to commit 6233d73e allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create or modify news items as an administrator via a crafted form submitted to `/api/news-items`, due to missing anti-CSRF protection.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00197 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9591
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4q34-xwfg-pm6w
References
More simplcommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-10319 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in SimplCommerce News Module Admin Interface CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2020-17773 SimplCommerce 1.0.0-rc uses the Bootbox.js library, which allows creation of programmatic… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-9591 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9591 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4q34-xwfg-pm6w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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