CVE-2018-20301: Coherence Project Coherence

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Steve Pallen Coherence before 0.5.2 that is similar to a Mass Assignment vulnerability. In particular, "registration" endpoints (e.g., creating, editing, updating) allow users to update any coherence_fields data. For example, users can automatically confirm their accounts by sending the confirmed_at parameter with their registration request.

Affected products

• Coherence Project Coherence: before 0.5.2 (fixed in 0.5.2)

Published 2018-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.