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
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| First Time appeared |
Lin-snow
Lin-snow ech0 |
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| 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 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-306 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ech0:ech0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Ech0
Ech0 ech0 |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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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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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-25T12:16:34.967
Modified: 2026-08-25T12:16:34.967
Link: CVE-2026-79668
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Updated: 2026-08-25T12:45:17Z
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