CVE-2026-63771
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Adminer before 5.4.3 contains a cookie injection vulnerability that allows attackers to manipulate cookie attributes by injecting arbitrary values through the unsanitized X-Forwarded-Prefix HTTP header used in Set-Cookie path attributes. Attackers can exploit a misconfigured reverse proxy to downgrade SameSite protection and enable cross-origin authenticated requests, bypassing cookie security controls.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-20 19:17:29.910000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
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