CVE-2026-79668

Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation

Published Aug 25, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to increment engagement metrics without identity verification or rate limiting. Attackers can send repeated requests to arbitrarily inflate the fav_count field for any known echo identifier, compromising the integrity of engagement metrics and social ranking systems.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lin-snow
Lin-snow ech0
Vendors & Products Lin-snow
Lin-snow ech0
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to increment engagement metrics without identity verification or rate limiting. Attackers can send repeated requests to arbitrarily inflate the fav_count field for any known echo identifier, compromising the integrity of engagement metrics and social ranking systems.
Title Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation
First Time appeared Ech0
Ech0 ech0
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ech0:ech0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ech0
Ech0 ech0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Aug 26, 2026, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Aug 25, 2026, 11:10 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 25, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Aug 31, 2026, 8:38 PM