Authorization bypass in Sanluan PublicCMS payment refund service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Sanluan PublicCMS 5 contains an authorization bypass in the TradePaymentService.pendingRefund function. The function trusts the userId argument, which the user controls, so the authorization check can be bypassed (CWE-639). A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit this without user interaction. A public exploit is available and might be used.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
A vulnerability was identified in Sanluan PublicCMS 5. This affects the function TradePaymentService.pendingRefund of the file publiccms-parent/publiccms-trade/src/main/java/com/publiccms/logic/service/trade/TradePaymentService.java. The manipulation of the argument userId leads to authorization bypass. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The web trade payment controller was removed starting with the 202608 series (commit 7329437).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for PublicCMS. The web trade payment controller was removed starting with the 202608 series (commit 7329437).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121583
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-mr5q-563w-gq7x
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-121583 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121583 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mr5q-563w-gq7x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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