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High · 7.4 Public exploit CVE-2026-73309 EUVD-2026-72780GHSA-pr5w-fh2v-7c9q

XenForo < 2.3.13 Authentication Bypass via OAuth2 Token Endpoint

Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

XenForo before 2.3.13 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the OAuth2 token endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain valid token pairs by submitting empty values for client_secret and code_verifier parameters. Attackers can exploit PHP truthy evaluation logic, which treats empty strings as false and skips client secret validation and PKCE code verifier validation, to exchange a valid authorization code for a token pair without proving client identity or holding the PKCE commitment.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
XenForo XenForo < 2.3.13 2.3.13

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

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