Improper access control in wekan
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.37, Wekan DDP update allow rules in server/permissions/cards.js, server/permissions/lists.js, and server/permissions/swimlanes.js authorize against the stored source boardId and do not validate a new boardId in the update modifier. Any authenticated user with write access to their own board can call /cards/update, /lists/update, or /swimlanes/update to move cards, lists, or swimlanes into a private board they are not a member of. This issue is fixed in version 9.37.
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 wekan (wekan) Fixed in 9.37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55234
References
More wekan vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40177 Improper authentication in wekan CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-37989 Wekan: OIDC Account Takeover via Unconditional Email-Based Account Merge in onCreateUser hook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-48308 Improper privilege management in wekan CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-48305 Wekan: SSRF filter bypass via DNS-resolving hostname in outgoing webhooks (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-53446) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-01855 WeKan Activity Publication activities.js LinkedBoardActivitiesBleed information disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-38525 Wekan: Missing authorization on OIDC Meteor methods allows privilege escalation to admin CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
Sources
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