CVE-2026-53901 PUBLISHED

Cerebrate before v1.37 allows mass assignment of record identifiers during object creation

Assigner: CIRCL
Reserved: 11.06.2026 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

Cerebrate before version 1.37 contains a mass-assignment vulnerability in the generic CRUD add path. The add() handler attempted to remove an attacker-supplied id from $params before normalizing the request through __massageInput(). Because the normalized $input could still contain an id field, a user able to reach an affected add endpoint could supply an identifier that should have been server-controlled.

Successful exploitation could allow creation of objects with attacker-chosen identifiers, potentially causing unauthorized data manipulation, object spoofing, inconsistent references, or disruption through identifier collisions, depending on the affected model and endpoint permissions. The issue was fixed in v1.37 by removing id from the normalized input before entity patching.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor cerebrate
Product cerebrate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.37 (excl.)

Credits

  • Jeroen Pinoy finder
  • Andras Iklody remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-77 Manipulating User-Controlled Variables