CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-55369

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

18th percentile - higher than 18% of all known CVEs

Summary

Waline is a comment system with backend support. Prior to version 1.41.1, the login endpoint POST /api/token reads the email field from the request body without checking its type and passes it straight into the MongoDB storage query. When email is not a string (for example a JSON object such as {"$ne": null}), the MongoDB storage adapter's parseWhere silently drops the field rather than rejecting the request, producing an empty filter that matches all users, and the password is verified against the first user (the administrator). This is a partial authentication bypass that removes the email factor for the administrator account, enables user enumeration, and amplifies credential-stuffing.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can test leaked or weak passwords against the administrator account without knowing the administrator's email, increasing the risk of account takeover.

Recommendation

Update Waline to version 1.41.1 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Waline is a comment system with backend support. Prior to version 1.41.1, the login endpoint POST /api/token reads the email field from the request body without checking its type and passes it straight into the MongoDB storage query. When email is not a string (for example a JSON object such as {"$ne": null}), the MongoDB storage adapter's parseWhere silently DROPS the field rather than rejecting the request, producing an empty filter that matches ALL users. The endpoint then verifies the submitted password against the FIRST user returned (user[0]), which in Waline is the first-registered user — the site administrator. This is a PARTIAL authentication bypass, not a full one. The attacker still needs a valid password for that first user; this is not a zero-knowledge bypass and it does not disclose passwords. Its concrete effects are: (1) the email/identifier factor is removed for the administrator account, (2) user enumeration (a non-string email never fails the "no such user" branch), and (3) credential-stuffing amplification — an attacker can test a leaked or weak password against the administrator account without knowing the administrator's email. This issue has been patched in version 1.41.1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS