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CVE-2026-108740: GoatCounter through 2.7.0 Privilege Escalation via /user/pref Mass Assignment

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-11 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-915

Description

GoatCounter through 2.7.0 contains a mass assignment privilege escalation vulnerability in the userPrefSave handler that allows logged-in users to modify protected account fields via form-encoded requests. Attackers with read-only access can POST user.access[all]=* and user.email_verified=true to /user/pref, bypassing readonly tags to gain superuser or admin access.

Affected products

• arp242 GoatCounter: through 2.7.0

References

• https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter
• https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/7e91d8a9bdbb0dd48496e498c5680f8f3477a1b4/handlers/settings_user.go#L33-L99
• https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/7e91d8a9bdbb0dd48496e498c5680f8f3477a1b4/user.go#L191-L218
• https://hackmd.io/@haind03/goatcounter-user-pref-access-mass-assignment-20261011
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/goatcounter-through-2.7.0-privilege-escalation-via-user-pref-mass-assignment

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