CVE-2026-108740

high

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/goatcounter-through-2.7.0-privilege-escalation-via-user-pref-mass-assignment

https://hackmd.io/@haind03/goatcounter-user-pref-access-mass-assignment-20261011

https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/7e91d8a9bdbb0dd48496e498c5680f8f3477a1b4/user.go#L191-L218

https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/7e91d8a9bdbb0dd48496e498c5680f8f3477a1b4/handlers/settings_user.go#L33-L99

https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-96906

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-11

Updated: 2026-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High