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TI-2026-75144 Aliases CVE-2026-111443GHSA-jf33-wf86-q3mp

Wheels lets unauthenticated clients enter a separate test context

Priority LOW 34CWE-348Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Wheels from 4.0.6 before 4.2.0 trusts client-supplied input to pick the application context (CWE-348). An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a test-context header, a cookie or a test-runner path in the URL to run a request in a separate test application, even in production. The alternate application uses the same configuration, environment, datasource and debug settings, so this is not an authentication bypass or data/debug escalation. It can skip runtime maintenance mode, add a second set of in-memory rate-limit counters and cause extra startup work and memory use.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

Wheels 4.0.6 through 4.1.2 lets an unauthenticated client switch a request into a separate test application context, including in production, by supplying an X-Wheels-Test-Context header or WHEELS_TEST_CONTEXT cookie with any value, or including a test-runner path anywhere in the URL, even the query string. The alternate application uses the same configuration, environment, datasource and debug settings: this is not an authentication bypass or data/debug escalation. It can bypass maintenance mode enabled only at runtime, provide a second set of in-memory rate-limit counters, and trigger additional application-startup side effects and memory use. This is fixed in 4.2.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0016 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Wheels (Wheels): 4.2.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
WheelsWheels4.0.6 to before 4.2.04.2.0Patch availableCNA
  • Wheels VendorWheels Affected 4.0.6 to before 4.2.0 Fixed in 4.2.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade Wheels to 4.2.0, the fixed version.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA Wheels (Wheels) Fixed in 4.2.0

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    Wheels 4.2.0

    6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-75147 Wheels exposes unprotected development tools to remote clientsPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-75145 SQL injection in Wheels on MySQL and MariaDB via unbound literalsPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-75148 Wheels nested form updates can modify another parent's recordsPriority LOW 37
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111443
  2. 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-jf33-wf86-q3mp

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-74581 SQL injection in Wheels query builder and dynamic finders CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-75147 Wheels exposes unprotected development tools to remote clients CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-75145 SQL injection in Wheels on MySQL and MariaDB via unbound literals CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-75148 Wheels nested form updates can modify another parent's records CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-75146 Wheels findByKey() and exists(key=) ignore scope conditions CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-75152 Command injection and unsafe file handling in Wheels CLI CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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