Cross-site request forgery in Progress MarkLogic Server Query Console
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Progress MarkLogic Server from 12.0.0 before 12.1.0 and from 11.0.0 before 11.3.7 uses predictable CSRF tokens in Query Console. A remote attacker who lures an authenticated Query Console user to a malicious page can submit unauthorized requests that run server-side code with the victim's permissions, after user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 use predictable CSRF tokens in Query Console. A remote attacker who lures an authenticated Query Console user to a malicious page could submit unauthorized requests and execute server-side code with the victim's permissions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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
Upgrade Progress MarkLogic Server 11.x to 11.3.7 and 12.x to 12.1.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA MarkLogic Server (Progress Software Corporation) Fixed in 11.3.7, 12.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Progress Software MarkLogic Server — community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Securit…
31 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 25 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71042 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server XQuery functionsPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2026-71043 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server xdmp:eval-inPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-71044 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server backup and restorePriority MEDIUM 43
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85960
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-j7p7-v8q4-992x
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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- TI-2024-04541 WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04060 Registration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-01127 LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-20934 WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module .NET Deserialization Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-85960 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85960 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7p7-v8q4-992x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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