# CVE-2026-73482: phpList < 3.7.0-RC5 Cross-Site Request Forgery via admins.php

> Remote attackers can trick super-administrators into deleting other admin accounts via a crafted URL in phpList.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g3p8-wf9w-rf82

## What is CVE-2026-73482?

CVE-2026-73482 is a high-severity vulnerability in phplist3, published on 13 Aug 2026. 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

phpList before 3.7.0-RC5 contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in lists/admin/admins.php. The administrator deletion action is triggered via an unauthenticated GET request (?page=admins&delete=N) that is not protected by a CSRF token (the central verifyCsrfGetToken check uses enforce=false and is bypassed when the token parameter is absent). A remote attacker can trick a logged-in super-administrator into loading a crafted URL (e.g., embedded as an image in an email) to delete any non-self administrator account.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73482?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-73482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73482 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73482 is a high-severity vulnerability in phplist3, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: phplist3. 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-2026-73482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73482/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73482
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73482
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73482

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73482/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.