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ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2026-109481

What this means

This is rated high severity (7.5 out of 10). There is no confirmed exploitation of it yet. Ask IT whether the affected products are in your estate.

Full vendor description

Cross-site request forgery (csrf) in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Scoring and exploitation

7.5/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreHigh

Exploitable over the network without any account, under specific conditions, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityHighAC:H
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeUnchangedS:U

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
Not reported
Exploited in the wild
Not confirmed in the
Not reported

Weaknesses

CWE-352

References

1 link from the CVE record, grouped by site.