CVE-2025-65780
Wekan Privilege Escalation Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Authenticated users can update their entire user document (beyond profile fields), including orgs/teams and loginDisabled, due to missing server-side authorization checks; this enables privilege escalation and unauthorized access to other teams/orgs.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 15, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 15, 2025, 6:22 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-65780
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update Wekan to version 18.16 or later.
- Verify server-side authorization checks.
- Restrict user document update privileges.
- Review team and organization access.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 15, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Authenticated users can update their entire user document (beyond profile fields), including orgs/teams and loginDisabled, due to missing server-side authorization checks; this enables privilege escalation and unauthorized access to other teams/orgs. Added Reference https://github.com/wekan/wekan Added Reference https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v816-2025-11-02-wekan--release Added Reference https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/f26d58201855e861bab1cd1fda4d62c664efdb81 Added Reference https://wekan.fi/hall-of-fame/spacebleed/