What is CVE-2026-96678?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2026-96678 under weakness class CWE-22. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 12 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 6.3 — MEDIUM
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 - CVSS v4.0 base score
- 5.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.5% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 4.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-23
Is CVE-2026-96678 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- weiqingwen: spring-boot-forum
How to fix CVE-2026-96678
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-96678 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-96678
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-96678, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .