CVE-2026-29056

HIGH

Kanboard's privilege escalation via mass assignment in user invite registration allows any invited user to become admin

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Kanboard is project management software focused on Kanban methodology. Prior to 1.2.51, Kanboard's user invite registration endpoint (`UserInviteController::register()`) accepts all POST parameters and passes them to `UserModel::create()` without filtering out the `role` field. An attacker who receives an invite link can inject `role=app-admin` in the registration form to create an administrator account. Version 1.2.51 fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 46.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-915
Status published
Products (1)
kanboard/kanboard < 1.2.51 (2 CPE variants)
Published Mar 18, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 18, 2026