CVE-2026-118543 in Drupal
Summary
by MITRE • 10/30/2026
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Drupal Commerce Core allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Commerce Core versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.41.0, from 3.0.0 to 3.3.13.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 10/30/2026
The identified security flaw represents a classic Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability within the Drupal Commerce Core module, specifically impacting version ranges spanning from early development releases up through 2.41.0 and 3.0.0 to 3.3.13. This type of attack exploits the trust that a web application has in the user's browser by tricking the victim into submitting a malicious request they did not intend to make. In the context of Drupal Commerce, which handles sensitive e-commerce operations such as adding items to carts, updating addresses, or processing payments, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to both merchants and end-users. The absence of adequate anti-CSRF tokens in specific form submissions allows an attacker to forge requests that appear legitimate to the server because they are initiated from within the victim's authenticated session context.
From a technical perspective, the root cause lies in the failure to implement or properly validate state-changing mechanisms with unique per-session identifiers. When a user logs into their Drupal Commerce account, the browser retains authentication cookies which are automatically sent along with any subsequent HTTP requests made by that browser. If a malicious website can induce the victim's browser to send a request to the vulnerable Drupal instance without requiring additional verification steps such as checking for a secret token or validating custom headers, the server will process the action as if it were authorized by the user. This typically affects forms where actions like changing account details, modifying order statuses, or executing purchases are not protected against forgery attacks due to missing CSRF protection mechanisms in the request handling logic.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe given the nature of e-commerce platforms. An attacker could force a victim to purchase items using their stored payment methods, potentially leading to financial loss and fraudulent transactions that are difficult to trace back to malicious intent rather than user error. Furthermore, attackers might manipulate shopping carts by adding unwanted products or removing desired ones, disrupting business operations and customer experience. In more advanced scenarios involving administrative functions if accessible through the same session context, an attacker could alter store configurations, change pricing rules, or access sensitive customer data, thereby compromising the integrity of the entire commerce ecosystem. This aligns with CWE-352, which classifies Cross-Site Request Forgery as a weakness where a web application does not sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally initiated by the user.
To mitigate this vulnerability, developers and site administrators must ensure that all state-changing requests are protected using robust anti-CSRF tokens. This involves generating unique, unpredictable tokens for each session or form submission and validating them on the server side before processing any action. Implementing SameSite cookie attributes can also provide an additional layer of defense by restricting how cookies are sent with cross-site requests. For existing installations within the affected version ranges, upgrading to a patched release is critical as these versions contain fixes that address the missing validation logic. Additionally, employing Content Security Policy headers and ensuring strict input validation further hardens the application against such attacks. This issue maps directly to MITRE ATT&CK technique T1566.002, which describes Spearphishing Link attacks where adversaries use links in phishing emails or messages to exploit vulnerabilities like CSRF when users interact with them while authenticated.