Missing Access Control allows User to move and duplicate tasks in Kanboard
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Kanboard is open source project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. Versions prior to 1.2.30 are subject to a missing access control vulnerability that allows a user with low privileges to create or transfer tasks to any project within the software, even if they have not been invited or the project is personal. The vulnerable features are `Duplicate to project` and `Move to project`, which both utilize the `checkDestinationProjectValues()` function to check his values. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.30. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA kanboard (kanboard) Fixed in 1.2.30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-33968
References
More Kanboard vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17582 Kanboard is Vulnerable to Reverse Proxy Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-34713 Kanboard Authenticated Admin Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization of Events CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-34653 Remote code execution through language setting in kanboard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-34652 Arbitrary File Read and Delete in kanboard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-32655 Kanboard Password Reset Poisoning via Host Header Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-20954 Kanboard is Missing Access Control on Plugin Installation leading to Administrative RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
Sources
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