Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to increment engagement metrics without identity verification or rate limiting. Attackers can send repeated requests to arbitrarily inflate the fav_count field for any known echo identifier, compromising the integrity of engagement metrics and social ranking systems.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lin-snow
Lin-snow ech0
Vendors & Products Lin-snow
Lin-snow ech0

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Description Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to increment engagement metrics without identity verification or rate limiting. Attackers can send repeated requests to arbitrarily inflate the fav_count field for any known echo identifier, compromising the integrity of engagement metrics and social ranking systems.
Title Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation
First Time appeared Ech0
Ech0 ech0
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ech0:ech0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ech0
Ech0 ech0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T11:33:30.130Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T11:10:13.697Z

Link: CVE-2026-79668

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T12:16:34.967

Modified: 2026-08-25T12:16:34.967

Link: CVE-2026-79668

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T12:45:17Z

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