What is CVE-2026-1213?

CVE-2026-1213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Askbot, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-1213?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Askbot

CVE-2026-1213

All versions of askbot before and including 0.12.2 allow an attacker authenticated with normal user permissions to modify the profile picture of other application users.This issue affects askbot: 0.12.2.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2026-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Askbot — versions 0.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

fluidattacks.com/advisories/ghost (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
askbot.com/ (Product, product)
github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/3da3d75f35204aa71633c7a315327ba39cb6295d (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1213?: CVE-2026-1213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Askbot, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-1213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.