CVE-2026-52767

high

Description

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. From version 4.6.2 to before version 4.6.6, HttpSignatureService::verifySignature() checks the result of PHP's openssl_verify() with a loose boolean negation - if (!openssl_verify(...)) { throw ... }. PHP's openssl_verify has four possible return values: 1, 0, -1, and "false". The -1 row is the bypass: PHP's truthiness rules make -1 a truthy value, so !(-1) === false, the throw is skipped, and the controller proceeds to processActivity(). Any condition that makes OpenSSL's EVP_VerifyFinal() return -1 triggers the bypass. The reachable consequence is the controller silently treats a failed verification as success and processes the attacker's payload. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.6.

References

https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-mv28-wj57-f57g

https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/releases/tag/v4.6.6

https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/commit/d1795e0301e1a1078f17b4b98f56fff70de2029e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-05

Updated: 2026-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00022