2026-10-30 17:19CVE-2026-119763VulnCheck
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862exclusively-hosted-service

changelog.com before commit 7b35e829 Missing Authorization via Preview Routes

changelog.com before commit 7b35e829 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content via preview routes in PostController, NewsIssueController and NewsItemController. Attackers can enumerate hashid post IDs, sequential newsletter slugs and integer news IDs against preview endpoints to read draft posts, unsent newsletters and declined news items.

Problem type

Affected products

thechangelog

changelog.com

< 7b35e82934be93e8b0064299a611c98d55b3e0eb - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-m43r-rq77-95gx

changelog.com before commit 7b35e829 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m43r-rq77-95gx

changelog.com before commit 7b35e829 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read unpublished content via preview routes in PostController, NewsIssueController and NewsItemController. Attackers can enumerate hashid post IDs, sequential newsletter slugs and integer news IDs against preview endpoints to read draft posts, unsent newsletters and declined news items.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-119763
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