CVE-2026-45274 PUBLISHED

MyBooks: Unauthenticated Registration Bypass via Missing Server-Side ALLOW_REGISTER Enforcement

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.05.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

MyBooks is anebook management web server also known as Talebook. In 3.41.2 and earlier, the SignUp.post handler for POST /api/user/sign_up in webserver/handlers/user.py does not enforce the ALLOW_REGISTER configuration flag, even though the frontend hides registration controls when the flag is false. An unauthenticated remote attacker can call the endpoint directly and create a valid account on an instance whose administrator disabled public registration. The process_auth_header function in webserver/handlers/base.py also does not verify the account's active flag, so the newly created and unactivated account can authenticate immediately and access user-level API functionality. The bypass defeats the intended account-creation policy and can supply the low-privilege account required by related authorization vulnerabilities. This issue is fixed in version 3.42.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor PoxenStudio
Product talebook
Versions
  • Version < 3.42.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-602: Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security CWE