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ChatWiki CVE-2026-111656

| EUVDEUVD-2026-103078 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-10-16 VulnCheck GHSA-wqfw-mf45-5858
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privilege tenant user
  2. Exploit
    Enumerate sequential form_id values
  3. Execution
    Call getFormFilterList and getFormFilterInfo
  4. Impact
    Read and overwrite another tenant's filter rules

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated ChatWiki account (any low-privilege tenant user) on a multi-tenant deployment running version 2.9.6 or earlier; the attacker reaches the manage/form endpoints getFormFilterList, getFormFilterInfo and updateFormFilterSort and supplies arbitrary/sequential form_id values that are not scoped to the caller's tenant. Limiting factors: valid credentials are mandatory (PR:L, so not exploitable pre-authentication), impact is confined to form-filter rules (read) and filter sort order (overwrite) with no broader data or system compromise, and the cross-tenant exposure is only meaningful in multi-tenant/hosted configurations.

Impact

This is a medium-severity cross-tenant IDOR (CWE-639) with signals that point to a contained, authorization-layer problem rather than an urgent priority. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N, 5.3) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low complexity, but requiring an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L) and yielding only Low confidentiality and Low integrity impact with no availability or subsequent-system effect. No EPSS score was provided and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so there is no evidence of active exploitation; exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' (the referenced hackmd and VulnCheck writeups are technical disclosures, not a confirmed weaponized POC). There is no SSVC decision data in the input. The signals do not conflict - a genuinely authenticated, low-impact data-exposure/tampering flaw in a niche product - so this reads as a real but low-urgency issue: prioritize patching for multi-tenant SaaS operators of ChatWiki, but it does not warrant emergency response. EPSS is absent rather than low; treat the lack of exploitation probability as missing data, not as a confirmed low score.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds a low-privilege account on one tenant of a multi-tenant ChatWiki instance (<=2.9.6). They iterate sequential form_id values against getFormFilterList and getFormFilterInfo to read other tenants' form filter rules, then call updateFormFilterSort to overwrite another tenant's filter sort order. No public weaponized exploit is identified, though the referenced hackmd writeup documents the exact vulnerable endpoints and source lines.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Cross-tenant insecure direct object reference in ChatWiki 2.9.6 and earlier allows any authenticated tenant user to read another tenant's form filter rules and overwrite that tenant's filter sort order by supplying arbitrary or sequential form_id values to the form-filter management endpoints getFormFilterList, getFormFilterInfo and updateFormFilterSort. Exploitation requires a valid low-privilege ChatWiki account on a multi-tenant deployment (PR:L in the assessed vector), so the flaw is not reachable pre-authentication, and the impact is confined to form-filter configuration data rather than code execution or administrative takeover. No public exploit code identified at time of analysis, though a detailed third-party technical writeup and the vulnerable source code are publicly linked in the advisory references.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and the public references point only at the vulnerable v2.9.6 source, so the primary fix is a server-side authorization change: every read or write of a form filter must resolve the supplied form_id inside the authenticated caller's tenant scope (join/filter on the caller's tenant_id) before returning or mutating data in getFormFilterList, getFormFilterInfo and updateFormFilterSort, applied at the manage/form.go business layer where the check is currently missing. Until a patched build is available, compensating controls with their trade-offs are: restrict the form-filter management endpoints to a trusted tenant/admin role, or disable the form-filter management feature entirely if your deployment does not use it (removes exposure but removes legitimate filter functionality); on self-hosted deployments, split tenants into separate ChatWiki instances and databases so a cross-tenant object reference cannot resolve to another tenant's records (effective, but increases hosting and maintenance cost); place an authenticating reverse proxy or gateway rule in front of the manage endpoints to log and rate-limit access and to alert on out-of-tenant or rapid sequential form_id patterns (detection-only, and can be evaded by an attacker who varies or spaces IDs); and monitor application/audit logs for one tenant reading or reordering another tenant's form filters, treating any confirmed access as a data exposure event. Track the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chatwiki-through-2.9.6-cross-tenant-idor-via-form-filter-management-endpoints) and the upstream repository (https://github.com/zhimaAi/chatwiki) for a patched release, and re-test tenant isolation after upgrading.

Affected VersionsENISA

chatwiki 0 ≤2.9.6

Affected Packages

euvd chatwiki no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The issue is a CWE-639 authorization bypass through a user-controlled key in the Go-based ChatWiki application, a multi-tenant chat/AI knowledge-base platform published by zhimaai (CPE cpe:2.3:a:zhimaai:chatwiki:*). The root cause is an object lookup keyed on a client-supplied identifier: the manage-layer handlers in internal/app/chatwiki/business/manage/form.go (notably the ranges at lines 878-990 and 1192-1242 in the v2.9.6 tree) fetch and mutate form-filter records using the form_id supplied by the caller without verifying that the record belongs to the caller's tenant, which is the classic IDOR pattern. Because form_id values are sequential, an authenticated user in one tenant can enumerate IDs belonging to another tenant, read their filter rules via the list/info endpoints, and tamper with ordering through updateFormFilterSort. The affected surface is the tenant-isolation/authorization layer rather than memory safety or injection; there is no evidence of privilege escalation beyond the tenant boundary or of system-level compromise, and the exposure is only meaningful on deployments where multiple tenants share the same ChatWiki instance and database. The 4.0 CVSS vector shows PR:L/VC:L/VI:L with availability and scope unchanged, consistent with the independent CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N assessment: an authenticated, low-impact cross-tenant integrity and confidentiality problem in a business-logic handler.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
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
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Authenticated low-privilege user over the network (PR:L, AV:N, AC:L); low confidentiality from reading filter rules and low integrity from overwriting sort order, no availability impact, scope unchanged within the app.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

ChatWiki through 2.9.6 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows authenticated users to access another tenant's form filters by supplying arbitrary form_id values. Attackers can send sequential form_id values to getFormFilterList, getFormFilterInfo and updateFormFilterSort to read filter rules and overwrite another tenant's filter sort order.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche open-source AI knowledge-base product, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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