Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in LazyTasks Project Management Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12963

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Lazytasks – Project & Task Management With Collaboration, Kanban And Gantt Chart
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-12963?

The LazyTasks plugin for WordPress is susceptible to privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized users to manipulate user roles and change sensitive account information. This vulnerability arises from inadequate validation of user identity via the REST API endpoint. Attackers can exploit this flaw to alter administrative email addresses, potentially resetting passwords and gaining unauthorized access to user accounts. Additionally, this vulnerability can be weaponized to assign elevated roles to other users, significantly compromising site security.

Affected Version(s)

LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart 0 <= 1.2.29

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/lazytasks-project-task-mana...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Athiwat Tiprasaharn
.