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waynboot-mall EUVDEUVD-2026-103083

| CVE-2026-111661 MEDIUM
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
2026-10-16 VulnCheck GHSA-xgfp-xxg8-vfxp
6.9
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
    Reach exposed /callback/email endpoint
  2. Exploit
    POST attacker-chosen recipient, subject, body
  3. Execution
    EmailController.sendEmail relays via operator SMTP
  4. Impact
    Phishing/spam sent, mail quota exhausted

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that a waynboot-mall instance (version ≤ 2.0.0) be network-reachable by the attacker AND that the application have a working SMTP sender account configured - without a usable SMTP account the endpoint cannot actually relay mail, which is the primary practical limiter. No authentication, user interaction, or non-default configuration is needed because /callback/email is anonymously permitted in SecurityConfig by default, so a default deployment with mail enabled is directly exploitable. The limiting factors for defenders are therefore deployment exposure (internet-facing vs internal-only) and whether SMTP credentials are provisioned; impact is confined to outbound email abuse (phishing/spam/quota exhaustion from the operator's account) rather than data access or service disruption.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-severity issue, not a top-tier emergency. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N, base 6.9) is internally consistent with the description: the /callback/email endpoint is anonymously mapped, so exploitation is remote, low-complexity, and requires no privileges or user interaction - the vector and the narrative agree, with no network-vs-local contradiction. Impact is correctly limited to low integrity (VI:L) with no confidentiality or availability impact in the 4.0 metrics, reflecting that the flaw lets an attacker abuse an email-sending function rather than read data or crash the service. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or SSVC decision data was supplied, and no public exploit is identified in the inputs, so there is no evidence of active or automatable exploitation - risk here is driven by ease of abuse against an exposed instance, not by observed in-the-wild activity. The practical ceiling on severity is that this is an email/SMTP-relay abuse primitive (phishing, spam, quota exhaustion from the operator's account) rather than code execution or data theft; combined with the niche open-source footprint, real-world priority is moderate and situational - urgent only for operators actually running an internet-exposed waynboot-mall instance with a configured SMTP account.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker discovers an internet-exposed waynboot-mall instance (version ≤ 2.0.0) and sends an unauthenticated POST to the anonymously mapped /callback/email endpoint with an attacker-chosen recipient, subject, and body. The application relays the message through the operator's configured SMTP account, letting the attacker send phishing or spam that appears to originate from the victim organization and burn its mail quota. No public exploit code is identified in the inputs, but the attack is trivial to reproduce from the referenced source and write-up given AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Unauthenticated email relay in waynboot-mall 2.0.0 and earlier lets anyone who can reach the application POST a caller-chosen subject, body, and recipient to the anonymously mapped /callback/email endpoint (EmailController.sendEmail), causing messages to be sent from the operator's own configured SMTP account. Because that path is permitted without authentication in the default Spring Security configuration, a default, network-reachable deployment with working SMTP credentials is directly abusable for phishing, spam, and mail-quota exhaustion, while the independent assessment rates it moderate severity since impact is confined to outbound mail integrity (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability loss. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, although a public technical writeup of the callback abuse is referenced, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: the referenced GitHub links point at the vulnerable v2.0.0 source rather than a fixed commit or release, so operators must remediate by configuration and code change. Primary fix: remove /callback/email - or the broader /callback/** pattern - from the anonymous permit list in SecurityConfig.java so the endpoint requires authentication, or delete/disable EmailController.sendEmail entirely if no legitimate callback flow depends on it; the trade-off is that any genuinely anonymous callback on that path will break. If the endpoint must stay reachable, restrict it at the reverse proxy or WAF to the known source IPs of the trusted caller, apply rate limiting and a recipient-domain allowlist, and require the recipient to belong to the operator's own user base - each measure narrows functionality and will break legitimate callbacks if the allowlist is inaccurate. Lower-side-effect hardening: on edge or front-end instances, remove or blank the outbound SMTP credentials so the endpoint cannot relay even if reached (this disables legitimate mail features on that node), and monitor SMTP logs for unusual recipient domains or volume spikes consistent with phishing, spam, or quota exhaustion abuse.

Affected VersionsENISA

waynboot-mall 0 ≤2.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd waynboot_mall no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function): this Java/Spring Boot application exposes a mail-sending controller under the /callback namespace and, per the referenced SecurityConfig.java (line 66), whitelists that namespace for anonymous access, so no session, token, or credential is ever checked. EmailController.java lines 32-42 bind caller-supplied request parameters directly into the mail send call, supplying recipient, subject, and content without verifying caller identity, constraining the recipient to the operator's own user base, or rate-limiting requests; since delivery goes through the operator's configured SMTP account, SPF/DKIM alignment makes the forged messages look legitimate to receiving mail systems. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:wayn111:waynboot-mall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with a wildcard version confirms all releases up to and including the tagged 2.0.0 source are in scope. Exploitation is remote and unauthenticated (PR:N in both the supplied CVSS 4.0 vector and the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector) and needs no user interaction or non-default configuration, but it does require a provisioned, working SMTP sender account - without usable mail credentials the endpoint cannot actually relay, which is the principal practical limiter and keeps the assessed impact to integrity-only mail abuse rather than data access or service disruption.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 6.9 MEDIUM
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
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Anonymously mapped endpoint gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; impact is forged/relayed email affecting integrity only (I:L), with no confidentiality and no direct availability loss on the host.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

waynboot-mall through 2.0.0 contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary email by calling the anonymously mapped /callback/email endpoint. Attackers can POST caller-supplied subject, content, and recipient to EmailController.sendEmail, sending messages from the operator's SMTP account for phishing, spam, and mail quota exhaustion.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Low
niche open-source e-commerce project, no enterprise deployment footprint
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org Vulnrichment GitHub

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 N/A
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
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

34
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
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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