CVE-2026-39963
An attacker who can influence the Host header at login time, such as via MITM, reverse proxy misconfiguration, or load balancer manipulation, can force authentication cookies including session tokens and auto-login tokens to be scoped to an…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog engine. In versions 2.6-beta2 and below, the serendipity_setCookie() function in include/functions_config.inc.php uses $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] without validation as the domain parameter of setcookie(). An attacker who can influence the Host header at login time, such as via MITM, reverse proxy misconfiguration, or load balancer manipulation, can force authentication cookies including session tokens and auto-login tokens to be scoped to an attacker-controlled domain. This enables session fixation, token leakage to attacker-controlled infrastructure, and privilege escalation if an admin logs in under a poisoned Host header. This issue has been fixed in version 2.6.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-565
- Affected
- s9y/serendipity
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.6.0Product
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/security/advisories/GHSA-4m6c-649p-f6gfExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/security/advisories/GHSA-4m6c-649p-f6gfExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.