Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-12963

CVE-2025-12963

lazycoders LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart — LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart <= 1.2.29 - Missing Authorization to Uanuthenticated Privilege Escalation

Description · from the CVE record

The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity via the 'wp-json/lazytasks/api/v1/user/role/edit/' REST API endpoint prior to updating their details like email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account. It is also possible for attackers to abuse this endpoint to grant users with access to additional roles within the plugin

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart≤ 1.2.29–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6998185-0f9b-48ab-9dca-05adf5ae603a?source=cverefwordpress.org/plugins/lazytasks-project-task-management