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CVE-2026-96678

📛 CVE Title

weiqingwen spring-boot-forum Avatar Upload NewUserFormValidator.java validate path traversal

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in weiqingwen spring-boot-forum up to 538eecc3c6b85fdf0768ab4e8354b48c0c17d94f. Affected is the function validate of the file src/main/java/com/qingwenwei/util/NewUserFormValidator.java of the component Avatar Upload. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
VulDB
CVSS severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
CVSS 5.3 / 10 5.3 5.3 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Effective score
5.3 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-22
Reserved
2026-09-23
Published
2026-09-23 22:45 UTC
Last updated
2026-09-23 22:45 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96678.json

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NVD published
2026-09-23 23:18:49 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-09-23 23:18:49 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1
CVSS 6.3 / 10 6.3 6.3 / 10 MEDIUM source: cna@vuldb.com
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Exploitability subscore
2.8 / 10
Impact subscore
3.4 / 10

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Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
weiqingwen spring-boot-forum 538eecc3c6b85fdf0768ab4e8354b48c0c17d94f (affected)

Vendor references (5)

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NVD-tagged references (5)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-96678.json.

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          ],
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          "vendor": "weiqingwen",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
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