Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header
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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Getkirby
Getkirby kirby
Vendors & Products Getkirby
Getkirby kirby

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.
Title Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header
Weaknesses CWE-454
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T19:23:24.078Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T16:34:11.635Z

Link: CVE-2026-54003

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T19:23:19.357Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T20:45:03Z

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