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CVE-2021-26600

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26600 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting ImpressCMS versions prior to 1.4.3. It stems from a type confusion error in the autologin.php preload script, allowing attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:impresscms:impresscms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0554 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: impresscms/impresscmsFixed in: 1.4.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-m8xh-cqc2-5q6fcritical

Type Confusion in ImpressCMS

Mar 29, 2022

References

karmainsecurity.com / KIS-2022-01
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/166393/ImpressCMS-1.4.2-Authentication-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/43
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
hackerone.com / reports/1081986
ExploitThird Party Advisory