What is CVE-2017-12850?

CVE-2017-12850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kanboard, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-12850?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kanboard

CVE-2017-12850

An authenticated standard user could reset the password of other users (including the admin) by altering form data. Affects kanboard before 1.0.46.

Published 2017-08-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Kanboard

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

github.com/kanboard/kanboard/commit/88dd6abbf3f519897f2f6280e95c9eec9123a4ae (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100352 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12850?: CVE-2017-12850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kanboard, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-12850?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.