EUVD Vulnerability Catalog
EUVD-2026-75111
Severity: CRITICAL
Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Version: 4.0
Vulnerability Description
MaxSite CMS through 109.6 ships with a hardcoded session encryption key in application/config/config.php that is never changed during installation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session cookies. Attackers can mint a malicious ci_session cookie with administrator privileges by computing an HMAC-SHA1 using the publicly known encryption key, bypassing authentication checks in is_login() and mso_check_allow() functions.
CVSS Vector Analysis
Below is the complete, human-readable breakdown of the CVSS metric string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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Attack Vector (AV): Network
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Attack Complexity (AC): Low
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Attack Requirements (AT): None
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Privileges Required (PR): None
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User Interaction (UI): None
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Vulnerability Confidentiality Impact (VC): High
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Vulnerability Integrity Impact (VI): High
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Vulnerability Availability Impact (VA): High
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Subsequent Confidentiality Impact (SC): None
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Subsequent Integrity Impact (SI): None
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Subsequent Availability Impact (SA): None
Affected Vendors & Systems
Vendor
MaxSite
References & Advisory Links
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms
- https://github.com/EviL0rd/maxsite-cve4/blob/main/2026.09.08-maxsite-cms-hardcoded-session-key-auth-bypass.md
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms/blob/2ca0a0c7d1d71106a25dbb0f2aedaaefbf12802c/application/config/config.php#L230-L254
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms/blob/2ca0a0c7d1d71106a25dbb0f2aedaaefbf12802c/application/maxsite/common/core/init.php#L70-L96
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/maxsite-cms-through-109.6-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-encryption-key
Metadata Profile
Database Authority
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) EUVD
Assigner
VulnCheck
EPSS Probability
0
Known Aliases
CVE-2026-87929
Published On
2026-09-09
Last Updated
2026-09-09