Kanboard Authenticated Admin Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization of Events
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Kanboard is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. Prior to version 1.2.47, an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the ProjectEventActvityFormatter allows admin users the ability to instantiate arbitrary php objects by modifying the event["data"] field in the project_activities table. A malicious actor can update this field to use a php gadget to write a web shell into the /plugins folder, which then gives remote code execution on the host system. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.47.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 1.2.47
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-55010
References
More Kanboard vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17582 Kanboard is Vulnerable to Reverse Proxy Authentication Bypass 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
- TI-2023-18607 Kanboard Authenticated SQL Injections vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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