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CVE-2021-32697: Form validation can be skipped

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

neos/forms is an open source framework to build web forms. By crafting a special `GET` request containing a valid form state, a form can be submitted without invoking any validators. Form state is secured with an HMAC that is still verified. That means that this issue can only be exploited if Form Finishers cause side effects even if no form values have been sent. Form Finishers can be adjusted in a way that they only execute an action if the submitted form contains some expected data. Alternatively a custom Finisher can be added as first finisher. This regression was introduced with https://github.com/neos/form/commit/049d415295be8d4a0478ccba97dba1bb81649567

Affected products

• neos form: from 1.2.0 before 4.3.3; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.9; from 5.1.0 before 5.1.3 — fixed in 4.3.3, 5.0.9, 5.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: neos form 4.3.3, 5.0.9, 5.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/neos/form-ghsa-m5vx-8chx-qvmm/pull/1
• https://github.com/neos/form/commit/049d415295be8d4a0478ccba97dba1bb81649567
• https://github.com/neos/form/commit/69de4219b1f58157e2be6b05811463875d75c246
• https://github.com/neos/form/releases/tag/5.1.3
• https://github.com/neos/form/security/advisories/GHSA-m5vx-8chx-qvmm
• https://github.com/neos/form-ghsa-m5vx-8chx-qvmm/pull/1
• https://github.com/neos/form/commit/049d415295be8d4a0478ccba97dba1bb81649567
• https://github.com/neos/form/commit/69de4219b1f58157e2be6b05811463875d75c246
• https://github.com/neos/form/releases/tag/5.1.3
• https://github.com/neos/form/security/advisories/GHSA-m5vx-8chx-qvmm

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