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TI-2026-40936 Aliases CVE-2026-56772GHSA-vg32-rqh8-j8pm

NewsBlur < 14.5.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference in Social Interactions Endpoint

Priority LOW 24CWE-639Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

NewsBlur before 14.5.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated users to read private notification feeds by supplying arbitrary user_id values to the GET /social/interactions endpoint without ownership verification. Attackers can enumerate user_id values to access another user's follows, replies, and social activity without authorization.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NewsBlur (samuelclay): 14.5.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
samuelclayNewsBlurbefore 14.5.014.5.0Patch availableCNA
  • NewsBlur Vendorsamuelclay Affected before 14.5.0 Fixed in 14.5.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA NewsBlur (samuelclay) Fixed in 14.5.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    samuelclay NewsBlur 14.5.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-40935 NewsBlur < 14.5.0 - Server-Side Request Forgery via add_url EndpointPriority LOW 28
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-56772
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vg32-rqh8-j8pm

References

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-40935 NewsBlur < 14.5.0 - Server-Side Request Forgery via add_url Endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3

Sources

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