CVE•Published 2026-10-11•Modified 2026-10-16•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-108740
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
24
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 76% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
GoatCounter through 2.7.0 contains a mass assignment privilege escalation vulnerability in the userPrefSave handler that allows logged-in users to modify protected account fields via form-encoded requests. Attackers with read-only access can POST user.access[all]=* and user.email_verified=true to /user/pref, bypassing readonly tags to gain superuser or admin access.
Timeline
Published 2026-10-11
Modified 2026-10-16
External references
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-108740Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-108740 on GitHub.