Missing authentication on Webreaper Damselfly REST API controllers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Webreaper Damselfly through 4.5.3 lacks authentication on its REST API because controller authorization attributes are commented out (CWE-306). An unauthenticated remote attacker can reach the /api/* routes, create administrator accounts or reset any user's password, and gain full control of the application.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Webreaper Damselfly through 4.5.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access all /api/* routes because controller authorization attributes are commented out. Attackers can send PUT /api/users with Admin roles to create administrator accounts, or POST /api/users to reset any user's password, gaining full control.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Webreaper Damselfly.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111626
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-p952-wg9v-vp35
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111626 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111626 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p952-wg9v-vp35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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