CVE-2026-61451
Unauthenticated account takeover via forged password-reset links in Grav API plugin.
Is CVE-2026-61451 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-61451 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-61451?
CVE-2026-61451 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-61451?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-61451. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-61451 affect?
CVE-2026-61451 affects Grav CMS grav-plugin-api <1.0.4, POST /api/v1/auth/forgot-password endpoint. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-61451?
Upgrade grav-plugin-api to >=1.0.4; invalidate outstanding reset tokens and audit reset links.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can supply attacker-controlled admin_base_url to capture reset tokens and gain full account takeover via password reset links.
Immediate action required
- affected< 1.0.4
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.