LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart
- Plugin slug
lazytasks-project-task-management- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 12, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 12, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H