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TI-2026-32568 Aliases CVE-2026-44668

Faction: Unauthenticated Read, Modify, and Delete of Boilerplate Templates

Priority HIGH 82CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

FACTION is a PenTesting Report Generation and Collaboration Framework. Prior to 1.8.3, AccessControlInterceptor, the authentication gate for all Struts2 actions, unconditionally calls invocation.invoke() without checking for a valid session. Four action methods in BoilerPlateConfig perform no local session check either, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to read, overwrite, deactivate, and permanently delete any boilerplate template in the system. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00364 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed faction (factionsecurity): 1.8.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
factionsecurityfactionbefore 1.8.31.8.3Patch availableCNA
  • faction Vendorfactionsecurity Affected before 1.8.3 Fixed in 1.8.3 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA faction (factionsecurity) Fixed in 1.8.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44668
  2. 2026-10-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-32569 Faction: Stored XSS in Assessment Attachment Filename Preview Rendering CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-32567 Faction: Stored XSS in Remediation Verification Attachment Filename Preview Rendering CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-20257 FACTION Allows Authentication Bypass via User Creation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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