Missing authorization in YesWiki ActivityPub sync lets servers alter entries
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
YesWiki from 4.6.2 before 4.7.0 contains a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in ActivityPubService::syncActorPosts. A malicious ActivityPub server can manipulate mirrored entries that belong to other actors. An attacker can serve a poisoned outbox with cross-actor Delete, Update, or Create activities during an admin-initiated sync, which lets them delete, overwrite, forge, or mass-delete entries. User interaction is required because an administrator must start the sync.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
YesWiki from 4.6.2 before 4.7.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ActivityPubService::syncActorPosts that lets malicious ActivityPub servers manipulate other actors' mirrored entries. Attackers can serve a poisoned outbox with cross-actor Delete, Update, or Create activities during admin-initiated sync to delete, overwrite, forge, or mass-delete entries.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Remediation
Upgrade YesWiki to version 4.7.0 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA yeswiki (YesWiki) Fixed in 4.7.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
yeswiki 4.7.0
8 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-80227 SQL injection in YesWiki Bazar entry creation via date_maj_fichePriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-80223 Unauthenticated SSRF in YesWiki via raw-inclusion wiki syntaxPriority HIGH 70
- TI-2026-80222 Cross-site request forgery in YesWiki despam actionPriority HIGH 65
Timeline
- 2026-10-25 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116208
- 2026-10-26 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-wpv5-x9h8-8qxg
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
More YesWiki vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-37893 YesWiki has Unsafe eval() in Formula Calculator - Remote Code Execution (RCE) & Denial of Service (DoS) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-34305 YesWiki: Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-29089 YesWiki Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Site Backup Creation and Download CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-34399 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-37882 YesWiki: Unauthenticated arbitrary page deletion via `{{erasespamedcomments}}` action CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-80227 SQL injection in YesWiki Bazar entry creation via date_maj_fiche CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-116208 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116208 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wpv5-x9h8-8qxg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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