CVE-2026-115480
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs
Summary
In baserCMS versions 5.0.0 before 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 before 5.4.2, the public mail message API endpoint does not enforce the form's auth_captcha setting. An unauthenticated attacker can automate submissions without solving the captcha.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can generate administrator-inbox spam, send auto-replies to third parties, and accumulate database records.
Recommendation
Upgrade baserCMS to version 5.3.2 or 5.4.2 (or later) and consider restricting access to the API.
Other vulnerabilities in baserCMS
See all- CVE-2026-97150High
When converting baserCMS4-style addons to baserCMS5-style ones, BcAddonMigrator includes 'config.php' from the addon, which means the PHP code in the file is executed. Arbitrary files on the system may be read or deleted by an administrative user.
- CVE-2017-10844High
baserCMS versions 3.0.14 and earlier, 4.0.5 and earlier allow an attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2017-10843High
baserCMS versions 3.0.14 and earlier, 4.0.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors when the 'File' field is being used in the mail form.
- CVE-2016-4882High
CSRF vulnerability in baserCMS version 3.0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2016-4878High
The CSRF vulnerability in baserCMS version 3.0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2016-4876High
Version 3.0.10 and earlier of baserCMS contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators and execute arbitrary PHP code via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2017-10842Critical
A SQL injection vulnerability in baserCMS versions 3.0.14 and earlier, 4.0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2026-115481High
In baserCMS, PermissionGroupsService::build() reads a plugin's config/permission.php to determine user group permissions. When that file is absent, it writes a wildcard allow rule for every non-admin group. BcCustomContent has no such file in any release, so after an administrator installs it, the default operators group can store and execute arbitrary PHP under the document root.
- CVE-2026-115479Medium
In baserCMS versions 5.2.5 before 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 before 5.4.2, an unauthenticated visitor can supply a comma-separated address list in a public mail form's email field, causing a single auto-reply to be addressed to multiple third parties.
- CVE-2026-115457High
In baserCMS, global shortcode expansion runs over the complete rendered page, including HTML-escaped blog comments supplied by unauthenticated visitors. A comment containing the BcBaser.getGoogleMaps shortcode can set apiBaseUrl to an attacker-controlled script URL, which is emitted as a script src and executes JavaScript on the site's origin when another visitor or administrator opens the article displaying that comment. Escaping raw HTML in comments does not prevent this stored cross-site scripting because shortcode processing happens after HTML rendering.
Original NVD description (English source)
baserCMS is a website development framework. In versions 5.0.0 before 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 before 5.4.2, the public POST /baser/api/bc-mail/mail_messages/add/{mailContentId}.json endpoint accepts submissions without enforcing the form's auth_captcha setting. BcMail\Controller\Api\MailMessagesController::add() and MailMessagesService::create() omit the BcCaptchaService::check() verification of captcha_id and auth_captcha performed by MailController::submit() in the web UI. An unauthenticated attacker who can reach the API can therefore automate submissions without solving the enabled image challenge. The API disables FormProtection and has no rate limit; submissions can generate administrator-inbox spam, send attacker-influenced auto-replies to third parties when an email field is present, and accumulate mail_messages database records when save_info is enabled. The API already enforces the isAccepting() check added for CVE-2026-30878; the missing CAPTCHA check is a separate control failure. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.2 and 5.4.2.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS