CVE-2026-54003 PUBLISHED

Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.06.2026 Published: 09.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor getkirby
Product kirby
Versions
  • Version < 4.9.4 is affected
  • Version >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-454: External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores CWE