CVE-2026-116825: YesWiki HTTP Signature replay protection missing in ActivityPub inbox

CVE-2026-116825 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-10-27

YesWiki is a wiki platform that supports ActivityPub federation for collaborative editing across websites. The application fails to validate timestamps or track previously-seen signatures, allowing an attacker who captures a signed request to replay it indefinitely to re-execute delete, update, follow, or undo actions on behalf of the original sender. This could enable persistent data loss, content corruption, or unwanted subscriptions.

Technologies: YesWiki. Vendors: YesWiki.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-116825 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116825 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-116825?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 27 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
YesWiki 4.6.2 before 4.7.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116825?
Yes: fixed in 4.7.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-116825 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-116825?
Check whether you run YesWiki at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 4.7.0

Technical details

HttpSignatureService::verifySignature() validates cryptographic integrity and body digest but never compares the Date header against current server time and maintains no nonce or seen-signature tracking. An attacker with access to historical HTTP request logs (reverse proxy, WAF, shared hosting, or debug output) can replay a captured signed POST to /api/forms/{formId}/actor/inbox with no time window restriction, since ActivityPub keys persist indefinitely. The public inbox endpoint has no authentication requirement, and re-executed actions pass all ownership checks because they originate from the legitimate actor that originally signed them.

Affected products

  • YesWiki YesWiki 4.6.2 before 4.7.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-12: disclosed
  • 2026-10-27: advisory

References

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