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CVE-2026-55842: Scoold: CORS wildcard origin with credentials enabled allows cross-origin authenticated API access from any domain

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-15 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-346

Description

Scoold is a Q&A and a knowledge sharing platform for teams. Prior to 1.69.1, the apiCorsConfiguration() method in src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/ScooldServer.java combines addAllowedOriginPattern("*") with setAllowCredentials(true), causing Spring to reflect any requesting origin while allowing cookies or session tokens. A malicious website visited by a logged-in Scoold user can therefore issue authenticated API requests, read user data, questions, and configuration, and trigger state-changing operations on the user's behalf. This issue is fixed in version 1.69.1.

Affected products

• Erudika scoold: before 1.69.1

References

• https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/6412441f656984c07af147b6ba2f2fc7906b2c5c
• https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.1
• https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/security/advisories/GHSA-q684-4jqv-c63c

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