QianFox FoxCMS Admin.php edit password recovery

published 2026-05-27 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-32029

cvss: 4.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was identified in QianFox FoxCMS up to 1.2.6. This affects the function Edit of the file Admin.php. The manipulation leads to weak password recovery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-27)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/QianFox/FoxCMS/issues/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	4.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	2.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

QianFox FoxCMS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

github.com /QianFox/FoxCMS/issues/3
exploit, issue-tracking
vuldb.com /vuln/365682
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /vuln/365682/cti
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /submit/818343
third-party-advisory
github.com /QianFox/FoxCMS/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-9609
NVD CVE-2026-9609

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Summary