CVE-2026-86112

BookWyrm through 0.9.1 Missing Authorization on the Favorite and Unfavorite Endpoints

Published Sep 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
BookWyrm through 0.9.1 fails to validate user visibility permissions in the Favorite and Unfavorite views, allowing authenticated attackers to favorite or unfavorite followers-only and direct statuses they cannot access. Attackers can POST to the favorite endpoint with a status ID to create unauthorized interactions, trigger ActivityPub broadcasts, and enumerate private status IDs through response differentiation.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bookwyrm-social
Bookwyrm-social bookwyrm
Vendors & Products Bookwyrm-social
Bookwyrm-social bookwyrm
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description BookWyrm through 0.9.1 fails to validate user visibility permissions in the Favorite and Unfavorite views, allowing authenticated attackers to favorite or unfavorite followers-only and direct statuses they cannot access. Attackers can POST to the favorite endpoint with a status ID to create unauthorized interactions, trigger ActivityPub broadcasts, and enumerate private status IDs through response differentiation.
Title BookWyrm through 0.9.1 Missing Authorization on the Favorite and Unfavorite Endpoints
First Time appeared Joinbookwyrm
Joinbookwyrm bookwyrm
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:joinbookwyrm:bookwyrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Joinbookwyrm
Joinbookwyrm bookwyrm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 24, 2026, 2:20 PM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2026, 1:59 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 5, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Sep 10, 2026, 4:18 PM