Missing authorization in OSSN exposes album photos and stored files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Open Source Social Network (OSSN) through 10.1 contains a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the album photo handler, which performs no access check. An unauthenticated remote attacker can download files by enumerating sequential file GUIDs, including friends-only album photos and other stored files. An exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Open Source Social Network (OSSN) through 10.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ossn_album_page_handler that allows unauthenticated attackers to download files via album/getphoto and album/getcover. Attackers can enumerate sequential file GUIDs to retrieve friends-only album photos and other stored files without any access check.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opensource-socialnetwork | opensource-socialnetwork | up to 10.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- opensource-socialnetwork Vendoropensource-socialnetwork Affected up to 10.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for opensource-socialnetwork.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108950
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-2j53-hvmv-r3h4
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 3
- https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/issues/2641
- https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/blob/48b53f5b95488187715b2d5b5ae46a993267f83d/components/OssnPhotos/ossn_com.php#L481-L521
- https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork
More opensource-socialnetwork vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-70532 Authorization bypass in OSSN exposes private message attachments CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-29910 Open Source Social Network (OSSN) Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion via Malicious Image Processing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-39373 OSSN (Open Source Social Network) 8.6 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-08475 An issue was discovered in Open Source Social Network (OSSN) through 5.3. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2025-39316 Open Source Social Network (OSSN) 8.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-108950 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-108950 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2j53-hvmv-r3h4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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