CVE-2026-72574

picocms Pico - Host Header Injection Enables Script Source Hijacking

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPico

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A host header injection vulnerability in picocms/Pico through 2.1.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to control the origin of JavaScript and CSS assets loaded by the default theme. When base_url is unset (the default), Pico::getBaseUrl() in lib/Pico.php builds the base URL from unvalidated Host, X-Forwarded-Host, X-Forwarded-Proto, and X-Forwarded-Port request headers. The resulting URL propagates to theme_url, assets_url, and plugins_url, causing script and stylesheet tags to load resources from an attacker-controlled domain.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0 ≤ v ≤ 2.1.40

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://picocms.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/picocms/Pico
Technical Description
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/picocms/Pico/blob/master/lib/Pico.php

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.1MEDIUMTuranSec
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-644

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