Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated fav_count Modification
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Ech0 through 4.5.6 registers the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint on the public router group without authentication or rate limiting. Unauthenticated attackers can increment the fav_count counter of any echo (including private echoes) by supplying its UUID, which can be harvested from the public GET /api/echo/page feed. Repeated requests are accepted without deduplication, each triggering a database write and a four-key cache invalidation, allowing attackers to inflate popularity metrics and amplify load on the database and cache. Fixed in 4.7.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Ech0 (lin-snow) Fixed in 4.7.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
lin-snow Ech0 4.7.3
7 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 5 HIGH, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-55162 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Access Token Revocation BypassPriority HIGH 74
- TI-2026-55160 Ech0 before 4.7.3 OAuth Redirect URI Validation BypassPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-55158 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Email Disclosure via Public APIPriority HIGH 70
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7xcp-744q-324g
References
More lin-snow vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-55162 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Access Token Revocation Bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-55163 Ech0 before 4.5.1 Authorization Bypass via Session Tokens CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-55160 Ech0 before 4.7.3 OAuth Redirect URI Validation Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27239 Ech0 Affected by Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery in Website Preview Feature CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-27240 Ech0 affected by unauthenticated SSRF in GetWebsiteTitle allows access to internal services and cloud metadata CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-55158 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Email Disclosure via Public API CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-79661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-79661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7xcp-744q-324g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences