CVE-2026-54003
Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-454
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/1c7fee90e49153cf9ca4a6ec17481d25fbedc48d
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/3423f66c01dbc0455862e23ee699d2aa469f3234
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/66a3a14bf0892d320723ba766cd5f1d33a51d15b
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/ab992dc149610b90e337c2955ab6ccb7f72ffb3a
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/pull/8166
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/4.9.4
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.4.4
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.