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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2018-15833 json

In Vanilla before 2.6.1, the polling functionality allows Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) via the Poll ID, leading to the ability o…

published 2018-08-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7691

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Vanilla before 2.6.1, the polling functionality allows Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) via the Poll ID, leading to the ability of a single user to select multiple Poll Options (e.g., vote for multiple items).

Patch / fix

  • vanillaforums vanilla_forums 2.6.1

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.