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Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-96678weiqingwen spring-boot-forum Avatar Upload NewUserFormValidator.java validate path traversal

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in spring-boot-forum from weiqingwen. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in weiqingwen spring-boot-forum up to 538eecc3c6b85fdf0768ab4e8354b48c0c17d94f. Affected is the function validate of the file src/main/java/com/qingwenwei/util/NewUserFormValidator.java of the component Avatar Upload. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
weiqingwen spring-boot-forum 538eecc3c6b85fdf0768ab4e8354b48c0c17d94f

Weakness: CWE-22 · 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

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