Medium severity · published Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-73481
phpList < 3.7.0-RC5 Cross-Site Request Forgery via Bounce Rules
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
phpList before 3.7.0-RC5 fail to enforce CSRF token validation on the bounce rule deletion endpoint (bouncerules.php / bouncerule.php). The deletion is performed via a GET request (?page=bouncerules&del=N), and the central CSRF check (verifyCsrfGetToken) is invoked with enforce=false, so it only validates the token when a 'tk' parameter is present. A remote attacker can trick an authenticated administrator into loading a crafted URL (e.g., embedded in an image tag) to delete arbitrary bounce rules from the phplist_bounceregex table without a valid CSRF token.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
phplist3 · phplist
before 3.7.0-RC5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73481
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73481
github.com
https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/commit/5159c3ed33a5674a8169472b50d146d97f630746
github.com
https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/issues/1116
github.com
https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/pull/1121
github.com
https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/releases/tag/v3.7.0-RC5
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phplist-rc5-cross-site-request-forgery-via-bounce-rules
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