CVE-2026-50225
Registration Path Lacks Bot Mitigation in System
Publication date: 2026-06-04
Last updated on: 2026-06-04
Assigner: 8fc372e3-d9c5-46e4-9410-38469745c639
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| acer | connect_m6e_5g_portable_wifi_router | to m6e_ai_1.00.000019 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-306 | The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the registration path /v1/account/register, which lacks any bot mitigation mechanisms. As a result, malicious automated systems (bots) can exploit this to flood the database with fake or automated registrations.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The absence of bot mitigation allows attackers to overwhelm the system by flooding the database with automated registrations. This can lead to resource exhaustion, degraded performance, potential denial of service, and increased storage and maintenance costs.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
The vulnerability allows malicious automated systems to flood the registration path /v1/account/register due to lack of bot mitigation mechanisms.
Immediate mitigation steps include implementing bot mitigation controls such as CAPTCHAs or rate limiting on the registration endpoint to prevent automated abuse.
Since no specific patches or updates are mentioned, monitoring and restricting suspicious traffic targeting the registration path is advisable.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
The vulnerability allows malicious automated systems to flood the database via the registration path without any bot mitigation mechanisms. This could lead to unauthorized data manipulation or denial of service, potentially impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of user data.
Such impacts may affect compliance with common standards and regulations like GDPR and HIPAA, which require protection of personal data against unauthorized access and ensure data integrity and availability. However, the provided information does not explicitly detail compliance implications.
How can this vulnerability be detected on my network or system? Can you suggest some commands?
This vulnerability involves the registration path /v1/account/register lacking bot mitigation, allowing automated systems to flood the database.
To detect exploitation attempts or scanning activity related to this vulnerability on your network or system, you can monitor HTTP requests targeting the /v1/account/register endpoint for unusual or high-frequency traffic.
Suggested commands include using network monitoring or log analysis tools to filter for such requests. For example:
- Using tcpdump to capture HTTP POST requests to /v1/account/register: tcpdump -i any -A 'tcp port 80 and (((ip[2:2] - ((ip[0]&0xf)<<2)) - ((tcp[12]&0xf0)>>2)) != 0)' | grep '/v1/account/register'
- Using grep on web server access logs to find requests to the vulnerable endpoint: grep '/v1/account/register' /var/log/nginx/access.log
- Monitoring for high request rates or unusual user agents targeting this path can help identify automated flooding attempts.
Additionally, securing the device by applying firmware updates and restricting access as recommended can help mitigate exploitation.