Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18723 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18723 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18723?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 4 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Diaowen DWSurvey up to 6.14.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18723?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-18723 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18723?
- Check whether you run Diaowen DWSurvey 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.
Technical details
An improper authorization vulnerability exists in the survey status handler component, specifically in the /api/dwsurvey/app/survey/up-survey-status.do endpoint. The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform unauthorized manipulation of survey status by exploiting insufficient authorization checks. The attack is network-accessible and does not require authentication or user interaction. An attacker can remotely invoke the vulnerable function to modify survey statuses across the application. The exploit has been publicly disclosed. Patch availability from the vendor is unknown; early disclosure attempts did not result in vendor response.
Affected products
- diaowen DWSurvey up to 6.14.0
Timeline
- 2026-08-04: disclosed: Public disclosure; vendor did not respond to early notification