v2board / Xboard Authentication Token Exposure via loginWithMailLink
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
V2Board 1.6.1 through 1.7.4 and Xboard through 0.1.9 expose authentication tokens in HTTP response bodies of the loginWithMailLink endpoint when the login_with_mail_link_enable feature is active. Unauthenticated attackers can POST to the loginWithMailLink endpoint with a known email address to receive the full authentication URL in the response, then exchange the token at the token2Login endpoint to obtain a valid bearer token with complete account access including admin privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-39912
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-83h9-46h8-whf4
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/v2board/v2board/pull/981
- https://github.com/cedar2025/Xboard/pull/873
- https://github.com/v2board/v2board/blob/0ca47622a50116d0ddd7ffb316b157afb57d25e8/app/Http/Controllers/Passport/AuthController.php#L71
- https://github.com/cedar2025/Xboard/blob/1fe6531924cc1ec662a88b9ef725afcf78d660bc/app/Services/Auth/MailLinkService.php#L49
- https://github.com/cedar2025/Xboard/blob/1fe6531924cc1ec662a88b9ef725afcf78d660bc/app/Http/Controllers/V1/Passport/AuthController.php#L51
More v2board vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-28054 Sensitive server_token exposed via GET parameter in V2Board thru 1.7.4. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-28053 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in V2Board thru 1.7.4. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-28055 SQL Injection via ORDER BY clause in V2Board thru 1.7.4. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-39912 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-39912 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-83h9-46h8-whf4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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