Is CVE-2026-79672 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-79672?

CVE-2026-79672 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.5).

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CVE-2026-79672

Description

Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin endpoints, allowing access tokens with minimal scopes to perform full comment moderation operations. Attackers with a limited-scope access token can list, approve, reject, delete comments, and modify comment system settings by directly accessing the unprotected panel endpoints.