Description
MaxSite CMS through 109.6 ships with a hardcoded session encryption key in application/config/config.php that is never changed during installation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session cookies. Attackers can mint a malicious ci_session cookie with administrator privileges by computing an HMAC-SHA1 using the publicly known encryption key, bypassing authentication checks in is_login() and mso_check_allow() functions.
Published: 2026-09-09
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description MaxSite CMS through 109.6 ships with a hardcoded session encryption key in application/config/config.php that is never changed during installation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session cookies. Attackers can mint a malicious ci_session cookie with administrator privileges by computing an HMAC-SHA1 using the publicly known encryption key, bypassing authentication checks in is_login() and mso_check_allow() functions.
Title MaxSite CMS through 109.6 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded Encryption Key
First Time appeared Max-3000
Max-3000 maxsite Cms
Weaknesses CWE-321
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:max-3000:maxsite_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Max-3000
Max-3000 maxsite Cms
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Max-3000 Maxsite Cms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T16:45:00.096Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T16:12:31.422Z

Link: CVE-2026-87929

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T17:17:53.840

Modified: 2026-09-09T17:17:53.840

Link: CVE-2026-87929

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Weaknesses