An authenticated standard user could reset the password of the admin by altering form data.

published 2017-08-14 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-4387

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

An authenticated standard user could reset the password of the admin by altering form data. Affects kanboard before 1.0.46.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/kanboard/kanboard@b79b18e commit

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Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

github.com /kanboard/kanboard/commit/b79b18efd7a1a8b591753a4eddd473f88d55b7df
patch, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/100352
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-12851
NVD CVE-2017-12851

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