CVE-2026-108905pH7Builder before 18.6.0 Hard-Coded API Key Bypass via Host Header
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, higher than 22% of scored CVEs.
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pH7Builder (pH7 Social Dating CMS) before 18.6.0 contains a hard-coded API key vulnerability in Tool.class.php that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass API access checks by spoofing the Host header. Attackers can send Host: localhost with private_api_key=dev772277 and the default allowed URL to retrieve member emails, IP addresses, phone numbers, and bank account fields.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-798
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.31% (percentile 22)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 11, 2026
Affected products
ph7software ph7builder ph7software:ph7builder (from the name) | before 18.6.0; 18.6.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS/commit/cfe1e0c418946b868db8c399d0cf6b122552efd2patch
- https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS/blob/v18.5.1/_protected/framework/Api/Tool.class.php#L25-L48technical-description
- https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMSproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ph7builder-before-18.6.0-hard-coded-api-key-bypass-via-host-headerthird-party-advisory
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