Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify network-accessible SiYuan instance
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ExploitAccess public database (AttributeView) view to obtain row identifier
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ExecutionCraft unauthenticated HTTP request to getAttributeViewBacklinks endpoint
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ImpactReceive hidden document metadata in API response
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the SiYuan instance to be network-accessible from the attacker (AV:N) and the workspace must have at least one document assigned to a hidden visibility tier that is referenced by a row in a database (AttributeView) with at least one publicly visible entry. The attacker must supply a valid public database row identifier - obtainable by any user with read access to the public database view. The CVSS PR:N metric confirms no authentication is required. Exploitation is bounded to metadata disclosure (database name, row title, document path); document body content is not returned. Deployments with no hidden-tier documents or no public database rows gain no exploitable surface. Instances accessible only via localhost or protected by a network-layer authentication proxy are not exposed to remote anonymous exploitation. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) places this at the low-friction end of the exploit spectrum: no authentication, no complexity, and no prerequisites beyond a valid public database row ID. The confidentiality impact is rated Low (VC:L/SC:L), reflecting that only structural metadata - document paths, database names, row titles - is exposed rather than full document content. No CISA KEV listing and no confirmed POC exist at time of analysis, so active widespread exploitation is not established. EPSS data was not provided. Despite the moderate 6.9 score, the real-world priority for publicly hosted SiYuan deployments is elevated beyond what that score implies: an unauthenticated attacker can enumerate the existence and file paths of deliberately hidden documents with a single API call, which may reveal sensitive project names, confidential file system structure, or the presence of documents the operator intended to keep entirely invisible. Instances bound only to localhost or behind authentication proxies are not meaningfully exposed. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker discovers a publicly exposed SiYuan instance and, through normal interaction with a shared database view, obtains the identifier of a visible database row. They send a single HTTP request to the getAttributeViewBacklinks endpoint with that row ID; the misconfigured authorization path returns metadata for all hidden documents that reference the row, including their file system paths and titles. No credentials, exploits, or victim interaction are required. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026
The getAttributeViewBacklinks endpoint in SiYuan before v3.7.4 leaks hidden document metadata to unauthenticated network attackers due to a logic error that applies the wrong access control list during backlink filtering. By supplying a publicly visible database row identifier, anonymous users receive the database name, row title, and full document path of hidden-tier documents that reference that row - bypassing the visibility list entirely. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but the zero-privilege, low-complexity network vector means any internet-exposed SiYuan instance is trivially interrogable.
RemediationAI
Upgrade SiYuan to v3.7.4 or later, which corrects the authorization logic in getAttributeViewBacklinks to consult the visibility list rather than the forbidden access list. The vendor patch is documented at https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-p4qw-vx5p-g984. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, place the SiYuan instance behind a VPN or reverse proxy with authentication enforcement so that the API is unreachable by unauthenticated users - this eliminates remote anonymous exploitation entirely but adds operational friction for legitimate remote access. Alternatively, binding SiYuan to localhost only (no external interface) prevents network-level access. Do not rely on hidden-tier document classification as a confidentiality boundary on unpatched, internet-exposed instances, as the control is bypassed at the API layer.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
SiYuan is a self-hostable personal knowledge management application (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:siyuan-note:siyuan) that implements a tiered document visibility model with distinct access control constructs: a 'forbidden access list' and a 'visibility list.' The AttributeView feature provides relational database-style views within notebooks. The getAttributeViewBacklinks API endpoint, which resolves which documents link back to a given database row, applies the forbidden access list check instead of the visibility list check during result filtering. CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) precisely describes this root cause: the authorization enforcement mechanism exists and runs, but it interrogates the wrong policy object, allowing resources it should protect to pass through. The result is that the response envelope for a public row includes backlink references to hidden-tier documents the caller was never authorized to see.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Unauthenticated network access with no complexity; confidentiality limited to document metadata (path, title, name) with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
SiYuan versions before v3.7.4 contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the getAttributeViewBacklinks endpoint that consults the forbidden access list instead of the visibility list when filtering backlinks. Anonymous readers can supply a publicly visible database row identifier to discover hidden-tier documents that reference it, receiving the database name, row title, and document path of hidden documents.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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GHSA-6xvp-3rfv-g2g2
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