Unauthenticated article publication via client-side authorization
Published Aug 25, 2025 · Updated Aug 26, 2025
Improper input validation in The Scratch Channel tsc-web-client 1 and 1.1 allows remote attackers to publish arbitrary articles. The article-creation endpoint accepts a multipart POST containing a Markdown file while trusting frontend-only checks for author, date, and category. No authentication is required, so an internet-reachable endpoint permits direct publication under an arbitrary author, category, and date.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in The Scratch Channel tsc-web-client 1 and 1.1 allows remote attackers to publish arbitrary articles. The article-creation endpoint accepts a multipart POST containing a Markdown file while trusting frontend-only checks for author, date, and category. No authentication is required, so an internet-reachable endpoint permits direct publication under an arbitrary author, category, and date.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-57805
- Published
- Aug 25, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Vendor
- The Scratch Channel
- Product
- tsc-web-client
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1190, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 1, < 1.2
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