Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify internet-facing Weblate instance
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DeliveryEnumerate or guess object-scoped RSS feed URLs using slug patterns
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ExploitSend unauthenticated HTTP GET to feed endpoint
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ExecutionReceive change-history XML for private project or restricted component
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ImpactExtract contributor usernames, full names, and project/component structure
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery 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 the Weblate installation has at least one private project (access_control set to private) or at least one restricted component configured - installations where all projects are public have no permission boundary to bypass. On installations permitting anonymous access, exploitation requires no authentication whatsoever; on installations requiring login, any authenticated user can access feed metadata for projects and components beyond their permission scope. The RSS feed URLs follow a predictable pattern based on project and component slugs or language codes, making them discoverable through enumeration or by inspecting public-facing Weblate pages. Exploitation is strictly limited to change-history metadata: translated string content is not exposed. The primary limiting factor for unauthenticated exploitation is whether the Weblate instance allows anonymous access at all; instances requiring login for all access narrow the attack surface to authenticated-but-underprivileged users. |
| Impact | The NVD-assigned CVSS 5.3 medium score (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) is consistent with the actual exposure: the attack is network-accessible with no authentication or user interaction required, but the confidentiality impact is bounded to metadata and no integrity or availability impact exists. No EPSS score was included in the provided input data, so quantitative exploitation probability cannot be assessed. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, and no public exploit or proof-of-concept code was identified at time of analysis. Real-world priority is highly deployment-dependent: organizations using only public Weblate projects are entirely unaffected, while those managing proprietary, pre-release, or sensitive translation workflows in private projects face meaningful risk of contributor identity exposure and project structure enumeration. The attack requires knowing or guessing valid RSS feed URLs, which follow a predictable slug-based structure, lowering the practical bar. This is not a mass-exploitation candidate but represents a genuine reconnaissance and privacy risk for sensitive deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker targeting an internet-facing Weblate instance constructs RSS feed URLs for language or project feeds using the predictable slug-based URL structure. Submitting standard HTTP GET requests to these endpoints returns an XML feed populated with change history from private projects, including contributor full names, usernames, component identifiers, and action timestamps that the attacker has no authorization to view. No exploit code or specialized tooling is required - curl or a browser is sufficient. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Object-scoped RSS feeds in Weblate prior to version 2026.8 bypass the platform's permission model, exposing change-history metadata from private projects and restricted components to any requester - including unauthenticated users on installations that permit anonymous access. The exposed metadata includes project and component identities, contributor usernames and full names, action types, timestamps, and translation unit links, enabling enumeration of contributor identity and project structure in otherwise-private deployments. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but the lack of any exploitation prerequisite on anonymously accessible instances makes it straightforward to abuse with standard HTTP tooling.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Weblate 2026.8 or later; this version applies per-user permission filtering to all object-scoped RSS feed queries and is confirmed as the fix by vendor changelog and commit 9bcccfd3a38eea6ebffce582222cd5eac3aa3642 (https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/9bcccfd3a38eea6ebffce582222cd5eac3aa3642). Full advisory details are at https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-vvc6-wvqm-w5gc. For installations that cannot immediately upgrade, two compensating controls are available with trade-offs: first, blocking all HTTP requests matching Weblate's RSS feed URL patterns (typically /rss/ prefixed paths) at the reverse proxy or WAF layer will prevent feed access entirely but will break legitimate feed consumption by authorized users; second, disabling anonymous access and requiring authentication for all Weblate requests removes the unauthenticated exploitation path, though authenticated users with limited project permissions would still be able to access feed data beyond their authorization in pre-2026.8 versions, so this control is partial.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Weblate is a Django-based collaborative translation management platform (cpe:2.3:a:weblateorg:weblate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The vulnerability resides in weblate/trans/feeds.py, which implements object-scoped RSS feeds tied to Project, Component, Translation, Language, Unit, and ProjectLanguage objects. Prior to the fix, the feed's items() method called obj.change_set.prefetch().recent() directly on the Django ORM without passing the requesting user's identity, bypassing the permission-aware Change.objects.last_changes(user, ...) query used throughout the rest of the application. The fix introduces a frozen ChangeFeedScope dataclass that pairs the feed object with the authenticated (or anonymous) requesting user and threads that user context into every items() call, so the ORM filters results to only changes the requester is authorized to view. CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to Unauthorized Actor) describes the root cause: the application assumed that possession of a feed URL implied authorization, when in fact the URL structure alone did not enforce project-level or component-level access controls.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Network-accessible feed endpoint with no authentication required on default anonymous-access installations; confidentiality impact is low and bounded to metadata, with no integrity or availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Weblate is a web-based continuous localization platform used to manage software translations. In versions prior to 2026.8, Weblate's object-scoped RSS feeds do not apply the permission checks used elsewhere, allowing unauthorized users to read change-history metadata from private projects and restricted components. On installations that permit anonymous access, this metadata can be retrieved without any authentication. The exposed information can include project and component identities, contributor usernames and full names, action types, timestamps, and translation or unit links, though translated-string content is not included in the feed. Installations using private projects or restricted components are affected. This issue is fixed in version 2026.8.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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