# CVE-2026-38470: A Broken access control vulnerability in the API user endpoint in GazellePW (GazellePosterWall) commit 86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A Broken access control vulnerability in the API user endpoint in GazellePW (GazellePosterWall) commit 86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449 allows unprivileged, authenticated users to enable or disable arbitrary user accounts via the req=disable or req=enable action using a normal user-created API token.

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## References

- https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/app/API/User.php#L24
- https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/app/API/User.php#L89
- https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/app/API/User.php#L107
- https://snaacky.com/1-click-exploit-chain-for-complete-gazellepw-database-compromise

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