# CVE-2020-36886: SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery via User Creation

> Attackers can create administrative accounts via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover in SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xm6h-7m2x-m892

## What is CVE-2020-36886?

CVE-2020-36886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SpenetiX AG Fusion Digital Signage, published on 10 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without proper request validation. Attackers can craft a malicious web page that automatically submits a form to create a new admin user with full system privileges when a logged-in user visits the page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36886?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Spinetix Fusion Digital Signage.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36886?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36886 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36886 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36886 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SpenetiX AG Fusion Digital Signage

- [CVE-2020-36883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36883/): SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 Authenticated Path Traversal via File Operations (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-36887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36887/): SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 Unauthenticated Database Backup Disclosure (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2020-36888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36888/): SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 Username Enumeration via Login Script (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36886 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SpenetiX AG Fusion Digital Signage, published on 10 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36886 exists.

Affected product: SpenetiX AG Fusion Digital Signage. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36886/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36886/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36886
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36886
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36886

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