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CVE-2018-20301

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in Steve Pallen Coherence before 0.5.2 that is similar to a Mass Assignment vulnerability. In particular, "registration" endpoints (e.g., creating, editing, updating) allow users to update any coherence_fields data. For example, users can automatically confirm their accounts by sending the confirmed_at parameter with their registration request.

Affected products

• Coherence Project Coherence: before 0.5.2 — fixed in 0.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Coherence Project Coherence 0.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/smpallen99/coherence/issues/270
• https://github.com/smpallen99/coherence/issues/270

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