CVE-2026-79668 (GCVE-0-2026-79668)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 11:33 – Updated: 2026-08-25 11:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0/security/advisor… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ech0-before-… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-05-03 00:00
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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