Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privilege ZenTao account
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DeliveryCall doc::ajaxGetDoc endpoint
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ExploitEnumerate sequential document ids
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ExecutionBypass missing checkPrivDoc check
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ImpactExfiltrate private document body and drafts
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated account on ZenTao PMS at or below version 22.6, consistent with CVSS PR:L - the attacker must already be able to log in, even at low privilege. The specific trigger is the doc::ajaxGetDoc() handler in module/doc/control.php, which retrieves document content without invoking the checkPrivDoc() access-control check; exploitation works against default behavior of that endpoint and needs no user interaction (UI:N) and no special configuration. Impact is limited to confidentiality (reading body and draft content of private/restricted documents) via enumeration of sequential document IDs; the main limiting factor is the need for authentication, so exposure scales with how many low-privilege accounts exist and whether the instance is internet-reachable. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but bounded-priority issue. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring only low-privilege authentication (PR:L) and no user interaction, with high confidentiality impact and zero integrity or availability impact - consistent with a read-only IDOR (CWE-639). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', reported by VulnCheck, which signals meaningful but non-emergency urgency rather than act_now/emergency. No CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score are provided in the input, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation; however, the input references include a detailed public technical write-up (hackmd) and the upstream issue, so a public PoC reference exists. The practical risk is driven by how trivial post-authentication exploitation is: any valid low-privilege user can enumerate sequential document IDs to harvest private content. This is not an inflated high-CVSS-but-low-real-risk finding for environments where many users hold accounts, but its impact is confined to confidentiality disclosure - there is no code execution, data modification, or service disruption. Missing signals to note explicitly: no EPSS, no KEV, and no confirmed fixed version in the supplied data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privilege authenticated ZenTao PMS user (or an attacker who has obtained any valid account) calls the doc::ajaxGetDoc() endpoint and iterates over sequential document IDs. Because the endpoint omits the checkPrivDoc() access check, the server returns body and draft content of private documents and otherwise-restricted library, product, project, or team documents. A public technical write-up describing the IDOR exists, though the input does not confirm it as working weaponized exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Missing authorization in the doc::ajaxGetDoc() handler in ZenTao PMS through 22.6 lets any authenticated user - including a low-privilege account - read the body and draft content of private and access-restricted documents by enumerating sequential document IDs, because the handler returns content without calling checkPrivDoc(). The vendor issue tracker entry (GitHub issue #215) and a public technical writeup describe the flaw, and no fixed version is identified in the available data; exploitation is limited to confidentiality impact and requires only a valid login (PR:L, UI:N). No public exploit code has been confirmed and there is no CISA KEV entry, though a public PoC reference exists in the form of a third-party technical writeup that has not been verified as working exploit code.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the available data, so track remediation through the vendor issue at https://github.com/easysoft/zentaopms/issues/215 and the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zentao-pms-through-22.6-missing-authorization-via-doc-ajaxgetdoc) and upgrade as soon as a release addressing the missing checkPrivDoc() call is published. Until then, the effective compensating controls are: reduce the population of low-privilege authenticated accounts and audit which users genuinely need doc module access, accepting the operational cost of stricter account provisioning; restrict network reachability of the ZenTao instance (VPN or allow-listed reverse proxy in front of the doc module) so that the AV:N path is not exposed to untrusted networks, at the cost of remote-user convenience; and monitor or rate-limit requests to the doc ajaxGetDoc endpoint for sequential or high-volume document ID enumeration, which is detective rather than preventive and will generate alert noise on legitimate bulk browsing. Because the code path only requires a valid session, disabling anonymous/self-registration and removing dormant accounts materially shrinks the attack surface; none of these controls substitutes for the upstream authorization fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ZenTao PMS is a PHP-based project management / ALM platform whose module/doc/control.php implements the document module's AJAX endpoints. The ajaxGetDoc() action (lines ~2524-2589 of the zentaopms_22.6_20260917 tag) fetches a document by its identifier but does not invoke checkPrivDoc(), the routine that otherwise enforces per-document, per-library, per-product, per-project and per-team read permissions. This is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key): the document ID supplied by the client is trusted as the lookup key while the ownership/ACL check is skipped, so the only gate left is a valid session. Because document IDs are sequential, a logged-in user can walk the ID space and harvest content from private documents and restricted libraries. Both the published CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) and the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) agree the flaw is remotely reachable, requires authentication at low privilege, needs no user interaction or special configuration, and affects confidentiality only - there is no integrity or availability impact. The trigger is a straightforward missing function call in the request path; no race, memory-safety or timing condition is involved.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable endpoint, low complexity, requires a low-privilege authenticated account (PR:L), no user interaction; read-only IDOR gives high confidentiality but no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
ZenTao PMS through 22.6 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in doc::ajaxGetDoc() that allows authenticated users to read documents without checkPrivDoc() access checks. Low-privilege attackers can enumerate sequential document ids to retrieve body and draft content of private documents and restricted library, product, project, or team documents.
Executive ViewAI
A high-severity authorization flaw in ZenTao PMS (through version 22.6) allows any authenticated user, including low-privilege accounts, to access the contents of private and access-restricted documents. This puts sensitive organizational information at risk of unauthorized disclosure, potentially affecting leadership, legal, and other teams who rely on ZenTao for confidential project documentation.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting network access to ZenTao PMS, enforcing least privilege on user accounts, monitoring for anomalous document access, and applying a web application firewall rule to block unauthorized access to doc::ajaxGetDoc() with sequential IDs.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-114061
GHSA-j826-m6j5-hvhv
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