# CVE-2026-107848: Contao: Cross-site request forgery in custom backend actions

- Also known as: GHSA-9FF2-P842-45WQ
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.3.50, 5.7.12
- Published: 2026-10-09 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- contao: from 4.0.0, fixed in 5.3.50; from 5.4.0-RC1, fixed in 5.7.12
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): from 4.0.0, fixed in 5.3.50
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): from 5.4.0-RC1, fixed in 5.7.12

## Description

Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, RequestTokenListener validates REQUEST_TOKEN only for POST requests, while the declarative GET guard runs only when an act parameter is present. Backend actions dispatched through the key parameter can therefore execute without a CSRF token when an authenticated backend user loads an attacker-controlled URL. Reachable actions remain limited to modules available to that user, and the advisory demonstrates destructive or state-changing actions rather than privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 5.3.50 and 5.7.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on contao, contao/core-bundle, upgrade to a fixed version (5.3.50, 5.7.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-9ff2-p842-45wq
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/34dd27ee6739f10568d3d95d8784862255c925b4
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/5.7.12

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