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WeKan CVE-2026-25563

HIGH
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-02-07 disclosure@vulncheck.com
7.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: vulncheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with a low-privilege WeKan account
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate a target board and foreign card IDs
  3. Exploit
    Send checklist-creation request with mismatched cardId/boardId
  4. Execution
    Server skips ownership check and writes
  5. Impact
    Tamper with checklist data on another board

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires a valid authenticated WeKan account (CVSS PR:L) and network access to the WeKan checklist REST endpoints; no user interaction and no special non-default configuration is needed, as the missing card-belongs-to-board check was present in the default code path of all versions before 8.19. The concrete prerequisite is the ability to supply a cardId and boardId that reference different boards - the attacker must know or enumerate a valid cardId from another board. Exploitation is limited to integrity impact on checklist data (no confidentiality or availability effect per VC:N/VA:N) and is bounded by the need for authentication, so a purely single-user or trusted-tenant instance faces reduced practical risk.

Impact

Signals are internally consistent and point to a real but bounded authorization flaw rather than an urgent widespread threat. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) shows network-reachable, low-complexity, no-user-interaction exploitation but requires low-privilege authentication, and impact is integrity-only (VI:H) with no confidentiality (VC:N) or availability (VA:N) effect and no scope/subsequent-system impact - matching the diff, which guards writes into other boards without exposing read access. EPSS is near-floor (0.01%, 1st percentile) and there is no KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this is not under active exploitation. The main priority driver is that it needs only a valid (any) authenticated WeKan account, making it a plausible insider/multi-tenant abuse vector; on a single-tenant private instance the practical risk is lower. No SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so automatable/technical-impact SSVC classification cannot be stated.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds an ordinary WeKan account, then calls the checklist creation REST route supplying the boardId of a victim board together with a cardId from a different board they can enumerate. Because the server never checked that the card belongs to that board, the checklist write succeeds, letting the attacker inject or alter checklist content on cards outside their authorization. No user interaction is needed and attack complexity is low, but valid authentication is required and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv3 – Jul 14, 2026

Cross-board data tampering in WeKan (the open-source Trello-style kanban board) before version 8.19 lets an authenticated low-privilege user attach checklists to cards on boards they do not own by supplying a mismatched cardId/boardId pair. Because the checklist creation routes never confirm the card actually belongs to the referenced board, any logged-in user can manipulate identifiers to write into other users' boards. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is negligible (0.01%), but the fix is confirmed by an upstream vendor commit.

Earlier versions of this analysis (2)
v2 Jul 14, 2026 - 17:02 cvss changed CVSS 7.1

Cross-board data tampering in WeKan (open-source Trello-style kanban) before 8.19 lets an authenticated low-privilege user create or manipulate checklists on cards belonging to boards they do not have access to. The checklist REST routes accept an attacker-supplied cardId and boardId without verifying the card actually belongs to that board (CWE-639 IDOR), so identifier tampering crosses board isolation. A vendor patch (commit 5cd8758) is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.01%).

v1 Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 CVSS 7.5

Wekan versions up to 8.19 is affected by authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CVSS 7.5).

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade WeKan to version 8.19 or later, which adds card-to-board ownership verification on the checklist routes (upstream fix confirmed in commit 5cd875813fdec5a3c40a0358b30a347967c85c14; note the reference is a commit rather than a tagged release, so validate the packaged 8.19 build in your channel - Docker/Snap/source). If immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting account provisioning and restricting who can obtain authenticated WeKan accounts (the attack requires a valid low-privilege login), and, on multi-team deployments, segregate sensitive boards onto separate instances to remove cross-board tampering opportunity; the trade-off is operational overhead and loss of shared-instance convenience. Review the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wekan-checklist-creation-cross-board-idor) and consider auditing checklist-creation API logs for requests where cardId and boardId do not correlate.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WeKan is a Meteor/Node.js self-hosted kanban application; the vulnerable code lives in the server-side REST routes in models/checklists.js. The flaw is a classic Insecure Direct Object Reference (CWE-639, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key): the checklist creation and related checklist endpoints accepted a user-supplied cardId and boardId but performed no relational check that the card actually resides on that board. The vendor patch (commit 5cd875813fdec5a3c40a0358b30a347967c85c14) adds an explicit ReactiveCache.getCard lookup keyed on both _id and boardId across three route handlers, returning HTTP 404 ('Card not found or does not belong to the specified board') when the pairing is invalid - closing the object-reference gap.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vulncheck) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-reachable checklist API with low-complexity ID tampering, but a valid account is required (PR:L); impact is integrity-only writes to other boards (I:H, C:N/A:N), scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (vulncheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Updated
Jul 14, 2026 - 17:03 vuln.today
v3 - CVSS changed
Analysis Updated
Jul 14, 2026 - 17:02 vuln.today
v2 - CVSS changed
CVSS changed
Jul 14, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH) 7.1 (HIGH)
Patch released
Feb 10, 2026 - 21:59 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Feb 07, 2026 - 22:16 nvd
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

WeKan versions prior to 8.19 contain an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) in checklist creation and related checklist routes. The implementation does not verify that the supplied cardId belongs to the supplied boardId, allowing cross-board ID tampering by manipulating identifiers.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

WeKan versions before 8.19 (open-source kanban collaboration tool) allow any authenticated employee to modify checklists and data on boards they do not own, creating unauthorized modification risk across all shared projects. No public exploit code has been identified, but the vulnerability is accessible to any user with login credentials. Organizations using WeKan should prioritize patching to version 8.19 or later.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 99% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche self-hosted open-source kanban tool, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:wekan_project:wekan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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