MCP Documentation Server: Web UI API binds to all interfaces without authentication by default
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent 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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
MCP Documentation Server is a local-first document management and semantic search server for AI coding agents. From 1.13.0 until 1.13.1, the automatically started Web UI in src/server.ts calls startWebServer in src/web-server.ts with START_WEB_UI enabled by default and WEB_PORT set to 3080. startWebServer uses app.listen(PORT) without a host, which binds the unauthenticated document-management API to all interfaces rather than localhost. A network-reachable client can invoke GET /api/documents, GET /api/documents/:id, POST /api/documents, POST /api/search-all, DELETE /api/documents/:id, and GET /api/config without credentials to enumerate and read documents, search the corpus, insert or delete documents, and tamper with the MCP assistant's knowledge base. The service must be reachable from the attacker's LAN, VM network, container bridge, VPN, or another routed network, and the issue does not provide remote code execution. This issue is fixed in 1.13.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| andrea9293 | mcp-documentation-server | 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1 | 1.13.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server (npm) | 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1 | 1.13.1 | Patch available | GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7 |
- mcp-documentation-server Vendorandrea9293 Affected 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1 Fixed in 1.13.1 Patch available CNA
- @andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.13.0 to before 1.13.1 Fixed in 1.13.1 Patch available GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mcp-documentation-server (andrea9293) Fixed in 1.13.1
- Fix · GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7 @andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server (npm) Fixed in 1.13.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54504
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7
- https://github.com/andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server/pull/20
- https://github.com/andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server/commit/37159d4e06b8ee50c3645b2496e3d3f6d32c47f9
- https://github.com/andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server/releases/tag/v1.13.1
- https://github.com/andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server
Sources
- CVE-2026-54504 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54504 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6f5r-5672-72j7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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