Auth bypass in Lazycoders Lazytasks – Project & Task Management With Collaboration, Kanban And Gantt Chart
CVE-2025-12963
The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity via the 'wp-json/lazytasks/api/v1/user/role/edit/' REST API endpoint prior to updating their details like email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account. It is also possible for attackers to abuse this endpoint to grant users with access to additional roles within the plugin
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12963?
- CVE-2025-12963 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lazycoders Lazytasks – Project & Task Management With Collaboration, Kanban And Gantt Chart, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12963?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.