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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-52766 EUVD-2026-71799GHSA-6x7x-gcmf-7r8x

YesWiki: Unauthenticated arbitrary page deletion via `{{erasespamedcomments}}` action

Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to version 4.6.6, the {{erasespamedcomments}} wiki action (actions/EraseSpamedCommentsAction.php) accepts a suppr[] array from POST and deletes every wiki page whose tag appears in that array, with no authorization check anywhere in the action body or in the page-deletion path it invokes. Combined with YesWiki's allow-by-default action ACL model, any user who has page write access, which is the default for everyone (default_write_acl='*') on a fresh install can permanently delete arbitrary wiki pages, including the front page, admin pages, and pages owned by other users. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
YesWiki yeswiki < 4.6.6 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist yeswiki/yeswiki < 4.6.6 4.6.6 GHSA-6x7x-gcmf-7r8x

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