Description
changedetection.io's /settings save handler builds an update dict from form.data['application'] and blind-merges it into the stored application settings via .update(). Because WTForms represents an unchecked checkbox as False rather than 'unchanged', and only the 'password' field is special-cased against this problem, a POST to /settings that omits the api_access_token_enabled field (e.g. a minimal scripted request) silently disables API key enforcement for the entire REST API, exposing the full watch list, history, and configuration to unauthenticated requests.
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References
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| https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io |
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History
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:30:00 +0000
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| Description | changedetection.io's /settings save handler builds an update dict from form.data['application'] and blind-merges it into the stored application settings via .update(). Because WTForms represents an unchecked checkbox as False rather than 'unchanged', and only the 'password' field is special-cased against this problem, a POST to /settings that omits the api_access_token_enabled field (e.g. a minimal scripted request) silently disables API key enforcement for the entire REST API, exposing the full watch list, history, and configuration to unauthenticated requests. | |
| Title | changedetection.io: Omitted Checkbox in /settings Save Silently Disables API Key Enforcement | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-284 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: TuranSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-05T06:59:00.078Z
Reserved: 2026-08-05T06:56:15.799Z
Link: CVE-2026-71204
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-05T08:45:16Z
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