CVE-2026-86178
5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Pixelfed through 0.12.9 fails to validate follower status in StoryComposeController react and comment endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access follower-only stories. Attackers can enumerate sequential story IDs and submit reactions or comments to retrieve story media URLs and author information without following the account.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pixelfed | pixelfed | 0 <= 0.12.9 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862: Missing Authorization
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/Pixelfed.md
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/v0.12.9/app/Http/Controllers/StoryComposeController.php#L487-L501
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/v0.12.9/app/Http/Controllers/StoryComposeController.php#L566-L580
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/v0.12.9/routes/web-api.php#L154-L155
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pixelfed-through-0.12.9-unauthorized-story-access-via-api
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