Description
Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin endpoints, allowing access tokens with minimal scopes to perform full comment moderation operations. Attackers with a limited-scope access token can list, approve, reject, delete comments, and modify comment system settings by directly accessing the unprotected panel endpoints.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin endpoints, allowing access tokens with minimal scopes to perform full comment moderation operations. Attackers with a limited-scope access token can list, approve, reject, delete comments, and modify comment system settings by directly accessing the unprotected panel endpoints.
Title Ech0 before 4.4.3 Authentication Bypass via Comment Panel
First Time appeared Ech0
Ech0 ech0
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ech0:ech0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ech0
Ech0 ech0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Subscriptions

Ech0 Ech0
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T11:33:32.848Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T11:10:13.698Z

Link: CVE-2026-79672

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T12:16:35.537

Modified: 2026-08-25T12:16:35.537

Link: CVE-2026-79672

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Weaknesses