Missing authorization in REDAXO backup export exposes user tables
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
REDAXO before 5.21.5 contains a missing authorization check in the backup addon export, which accepts any database table. Non-admin users with the backup[export] permission can export rex_user, rex_user_session and other tables. An attacker with that permission can obtain plaintext session ids and stay-logged-in keys to take over admin accounts, or password hashes for offline cracking. The issue is tracked as CWE-862.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Description from the CNA
REDAXO before 5.21.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the backup addon export that accepts any database table, allowing non-admin users with the backup[export] permission to export rex_user, rex_user_session, and other applications' tables. Attackers can obtain plaintext session ids and stay-logged-in keys to take over admin accounts, or password hashes for offline cracking.
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
Update REDAXO core to version 5.21.5.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
- Fix · CNA core (redaxo) Fixed in 5.21.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
redaxo core 5.21.5
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-81100 Missing authorization in REDAXO core package APIPriority LOW 29
- TI-2026-81102 REDAXO CSRF via Safe Mode Toggle ParameterPriority LOW 22
- TI-2026-81101 Insufficient session expiration in REDAXO lets sessions survive password changesPriority LOW 11
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116896
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-c532-w5jh-m2g6
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-31 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More redaxo vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15578 Redaxo CMS Mediapool Addon 5.5.1 Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-17559 Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-38656 Unrestricted file upload in redaxo core CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-39517 A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the template management component in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-30898 REDAXO CMS v2.11.0 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-30896 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the MediaPool module of Redaxo CMS v5.17.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-116896 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116896 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c532-w5jh-m2g6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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