Wheels 4.0.6 through 4.1.2 lets an unauthenticated client switch a request into a separate test application context, including in production, by supplying an X-Wheels-Test-Context header or WHEELS_TEST_CONTEXT cookie with any value, or including a test-runner path anywhere in the URL, even the query string. The alternate application uses the same configuration, environment, datasource and debug settings: this is not an authentication bypass or data/debug escalation. It can bypass maintenance mode enabled only at runtime, provide a second set of in-memory rate-limit counters, and trigger additional application-startup side effects and memory use. This is fixed in 4.2.0.
History

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First Time appeared Wheels
Wheels wheels
Vendors & Products Wheels
Wheels wheels

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Unauthenticated Application Context Switching via Header or Cookie

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Description Wheels 4.0.6 through 4.1.2 lets an unauthenticated client switch a request into a separate test application context, including in production, by supplying an X-Wheels-Test-Context header or WHEELS_TEST_CONTEXT cookie with any value, or including a test-runner path anywhere in the URL, even the query string. The alternate application uses the same configuration, environment, datasource and debug settings: this is not an authentication bypass or data/debug escalation. It can bypass maintenance mode enabled only at runtime, provide a second set of in-memory rate-limit counters, and trigger additional application-startup side effects and memory use. This is fixed in 4.2.0.
Weaknesses CWE-348
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-10-16T03:28:28.644Z

Updated: 2026-10-16T15:01:15.161Z

Reserved: 2026-10-16T03:28:27.862Z

Link: CVE-2026-111443

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T15:01:11.459Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T04:18:30.133

Modified: 2026-10-16T15:19:36.177

Link: CVE-2026-111443

cve-icon Redhat

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