PEAR Has a Predictable Verification Hash in Election Account Requests
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-337Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. Prior to version 1.33.0, predictable verification hashes may allow attackers to guess verification tokens and potentially verify election account requests without authorization. This issue has been patched in version 1.33.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00291 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed pearweb (pear): 1.33.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pearweb (pear) Fixed in 1.33.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25235
References
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- TI-2026-20389 PEAR is Vulnerable to SQL Injection in /get/<package>/<version> Endpoint CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-20385 PEAR is Vulnerable to PHP Code Execution via preg_replace /e in Bug Update Emails CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-20386 PEAR is Vulnerable to SQL Injection in Bug Subscription Deletion via Weak Email Validation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-20384 PEAR is Vulnerable to SQL Injection in Damblan_Karma IN() Query via Literal Substitution CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-20387 PEAR is Vulnerable to SQL Injection in apidoc_queue Insert via Unescaped Filename CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-20381 PEAR Has a Roadmap Authorization Bypass via Operator Precedence Bug CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
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