Auth bypass in Wekan Project

CVE-2025-65781

An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Attachment upload API treats the Authorization bearer value as a userId and enters a non-terminating body-handling branch for any non-empty bearer token, enabling trivial application-layer DoS and latent identity-spoofing.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-65781: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-65781?
CVE-2025-65781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wekan Project, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-65781?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.