High
CVSS 8.1 CORS Responsible Disclosure
Disclosure
currency-api.[vendor] CORS Wildcard with Credentials
The currency-api.[vendor] endpoint returns Access-Control-Allow-Origin: combined with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true. While browsers technically ignore credentials with wildcard origin, the misconfiguration signals a deeper CORS issue. The preflight response also allows Authorization header, meaning authenticated API calls from any o
- Target
- African Remittance Platform
- Category
- CORS
- Channel
- Responsible Disclosure
- Disclosed
- 2026-03
Redaction note
Vendor identity withheld.
This finding is documented here as part of MemCyber’s public disclosure record. The vendor has been anonymized to a sector and region descriptor. Full technical detail — including root cause, reproducible proof-of-concept, remediation guidance, and vendor attribution where granted — is available to qualified prospects under NDA.
Coordinated disclosure
How we handled it.
- Reported to the vendor via Responsible Disclosure with a reproducible proof-of-concept.
- Triage + remediation window coordinated with the vendor security team.
- Fix verified before any public reference.
- This record published only after the embargo period closed.