Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged ZenTao user
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ExploitEnumerate sequential actionID values
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ExecutionInvoke action::editComment with arbitrary actionID
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ImpactRead and overwrite other users' comments and attachments
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 ZenTao PMS session at any low privilege level (PR:L) - the action::editComment handler accepts an attacker-supplied actionID without verifying that the requesting user has authorization over the target comment's underlying object, so no special feature toggle or non-default configuration is needed. Exploitation works against default configurations of ZenTao PMS through 22.6. The key limiting factor is the authentication requirement: an attacker must first hold a legitimate account, so this is not a fully unauthenticated external attack; however, any authenticated user (including minimally privileged ones) can reach it, and the sequential, predictable action IDs make enumeration trivial. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-severity authorization (IDOR) issue, not a drop-everything emergency. The CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, trivially low complexity, but requiring an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L) and yielding only low confidentiality and low integrity impact with no availability effect. The constrained impact reflects that an attacker can read and overwrite comment content and attachments on bugs, stories, tasks, and documents - a cross-tenant/cross-project data-integrity and disclosure problem - rather than achieving code execution or full account takeover. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the intelligence supplied; absence of these signals is not evidence of low risk, only of missing data. A detailed public technical writeup (hackmd) and the VulnCheck advisory precisely document the vulnerable code paths (control.php editComment and model.php), which materially lowers the barrier to reproduction even though no packaged exploit is flagged in the input. The 'automatable' nature of iterating sequential action IDs means that any authenticated user can systematically harvest and tamper with comments at scale, which is the primary risk driver here and arguably more concerning than the low CVSS impact subscores suggest. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated ZenTao user (e.g., a contractor with access to a single product) scripts requests to action::editComment, iterating sequential actionID values to read and silently overwrite comments and attachments on bugs, stories, tasks, and documents in products and projects they were never granted access to. Because the flaw is network-reachable with low attack complexity and the action IDs are sequential and predictable, enumeration is straightforward and automatable. No packaged exploit is flagged in the input, but a detailed public technical writeup documenting the vulnerable code paths exists. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026
Authenticated users can exploit an authorization bypass in ZenTao PMS through 22.6 to read and overwrite other users' comments by iterating sequential action IDs. This IDOR (CWE-639) in action::editComment allows low-privileged users to modify comments on bugs, stories, tasks, and documents in projects and products they cannot access, and view associated content and attachments. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified; the assessed CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3 (moderate), requiring a valid authenticated session.
RemediationAI
Patch status is not confirmed from the available data; no exact fix version is provided. Monitor the vendor's GitHub repository (https://github.com/easysoft/zentaopms) and the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zentao-pms-through-22.6-authorization-bypass-via-action-editcomment) for updates. Once a patched version beyond 22.6 is available, upgrade immediately. Until then, implement compensating controls: enforce server-side authorization checks in action::editComment to verify that the requesting user has access to the comment's parent object (bug, story, task, document) and that the actionID corresponds to a comment within the user's permitted projects/products. As a temporary measure, restrict network access to the ZenTao instance to trusted internal networks, which reduces exposure from external attackers but does not mitigate insider threats. Alternatively, disable the commenting feature entirely if workflow permits, though this may disrupt collaboration. Monitoring for anomalous sequential access patterns to action IDs can help detect exploitation attempts.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in the action::editComment function of ZenTao PMS, which fails to verify that the authenticated user has authorization over the comment's parent object before allowing read or write operations. By supplying an arbitrary actionID (which is sequential and predictable), an attacker can bypass access controls (CWE-639) and interact with comments belonging to other users, including those in projects and products they are not permitted to access. The affected code is in module/action/control.php (lines 384-426) and module/action/model.php (lines 2025-2057) as per the vendor's GitHub repository at tag zentaopms_22.6_20260917. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:easysoft:zentaopms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* indicates all versions up to and including 22.6 are affected. Exploitation requires only a valid low-privileged account and no special configuration, making it a default-configuration issue. The assessed CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, reflecting limited confidentiality and integrity impact.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable IDOR requiring only a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L, AC:L, no UI); limited to reading and overwriting comment data, giving C:L/I:L and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
ZenTao PMS through 22.6 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in action::editComment that allows authenticated users to read and overwrite other users' comments by supplying an arbitrary actionID. Attackers can iterate sequential action ids to modify comments on bugs, stories, tasks, and documents in products and projects they cannot access, and view targeted comment content and attachments.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-102490
GHSA-f952-gxq8-q296
NVD
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