What is CVE-2017-12851?

CVE-2017-12851 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-2017-12851?

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

Vulnerability in Kanboard

CVE-2017-12851

An authenticated standard user could reset the password of 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 (70.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% 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

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100352 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/kanboard/kanboard/commit/b79b18efd7a1a8b591753a4eddd473f88d55b7df (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12851?: CVE-2017-12851 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-2017-12851?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.