YesWiki before 4.6.7 Authentication Bypass via ActivityPub Inbox Actor SpoofingGHSA-rm6r-grfg-4v78
GHSA-rm6r-grfg-4v78 is a CWE-290 vulnerability. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-rm6r-grfg-4v78.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Description
YesWiki before 4.6.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the ActivityPub inbox that fails to bind the verified HTTP signature signer to the activity actor. Unauthenticated attackers with any ActivityPub keypair can send signed Delete or Update activities referencing a mirrored entry's sourceUrl to delete or overwrite other actors' federated entries.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Fix
Upgrade the affected component to the fixed release for GHSA-rm6r-grfg-4v78, or apply your distribution's backported patch — distro builds are often patched at an older version number, so check your vendor's advisory rather than the upstream version alone.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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