Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-18723diaowen DWSurvey Survey Status up-survey-status.do improper authorization
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in DWSurvey from diaowen. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in diaowen DWSurvey up to 6.14.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /api/dwsurvey/app/survey/up-survey-status.do of the component Survey Status Handler. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-385634 | diaowen DWSurvey Survey Status up-survey-status.do improper authorization vdb-entry
- VDB-385634 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-18723 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #856184 | diaowen DWSurvey v6.14.0 Improper Access Controls third-party-advisory
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ziv1My5IHNnEobdHOwCfx7d6eHUs-gnS/view?usp=sharing exploit