PhotoPrism - Unauthorized User Profile Modification via PUT /api/v1/users/{uid} Endpoint
Priority LOW 24CWE-639Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
PhotoPrism before 260601-a7d098548 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated non-admin users to modify other users' profile information by sending requests to arbitrary user endpoints. Attackers can exploit the missing session-to-user identifier validation in the PUT users API endpoint to overwrite another user's profile details without authorization.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00325 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed photoprism (photoprism): 260601-a7d098548
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| photoprism | photoprism | before 260601-a7d098548 | 260601-a7d098548 | Patch available | CNA |
- photoprism Vendorphotoprism Affected before 260601-a7d098548 Fixed in 260601-a7d098548 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA photoprism (photoprism) Fixed in 260601-a7d098548
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57945
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h2f-frxq-r68w
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-57945 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-57945 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2h2f-frxq-r68w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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