---
id: "CVE-2025-71454"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-71454"]
title: "VTENext: CSRF protection skips GET requests, letting crafted links act as users"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.9
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "php", "self-hosted", "vtenext"]
not_affected_if: ["version-25.02.2-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-04T21:17:39+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-04T21:51:10+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71454", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# VTENext: CSRF protection skips GET requests, letting crafted links act as users

VTENext before 25.02.2 skips its CSRF token check for non-POST requests, so state-changing GET requests are not validated. An attacker who tricks a logged-in user into opening a crafted link can make actions run under that user's account.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed VTENext version and whether it is below `25.02.2`.
- Review `include/utils/VteCsrf.php` for the `csrf_check()` function and whether it skips `__csrf_token` validation for non-POST requests.

## Fix

- VTENext: move to `25.02.2` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71454

## Documents

- [advisory] Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vtenext-before-25.02.2-csrf-protection-bypass-via-http-method-tampering

## From the sources

vtenext before 25.02.2 contains a cross-site request forgery protection bypass because csrf_check() in include/utils/VteCsrf.php skips __csrf_token validation for non-POST requests. Attackers can induce a logged-in user to open a crafted link sending state-changing GET requests, which handlers read from $_REQUEST, performing actions as that user.

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