GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5
Aliases
Published
2026-07-13T23:55:01Z
Modified
2026-07-14T00:11:39Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kimai: Login CSRF in Default Team Creation Endpoints Allows Unauthorized Team and Permission Structure Changes
Details

Summary

Kimai 2.56.0 contains authenticated cross-site request forgery issues in its default team creation shortcuts for projects, customers, and activities. These endpoints are exposed through GET routes and directly create or reuse a Team, add the current user as teamlead, and bind the target object to that team.

As a result, an attacker can trick a logged-in user with the required permissions into visiting a malicious page and cause unauthorized changes to team, teamlead, and object-binding relationships. This is a real authorization-structure modification issue rather than a harmless UI shortcut.

Details

The issue affects at least the following routes:

  • GET /en/admin/project/{id}/create_team
  • GET /en/admin/customer/{id}/create_team
  • GET /en/admin/activity/{id}/create_team

Each of these routes is a GET endpoint, yet each performs persistent writes that alter authorization structure:

  • create or reuse a Team
  • add the current user as teamlead
  • bind the target Project, Customer, or Activity to that team

A PoC was provided, but removed for security reasons.

Impact

This vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely alter permission topology while the victim is logged in. A successful exploit can create or reuse a team, assign the victim as its teamlead, and bind a project, customer, or activity to that team without intentional user action.

The pre-requisite is, that the logged-in user already has access to manage permissions of the object in question.

Because these routes modify authorization structure rather than a simple personal preference, the business impact can extend into visibility rules, assignment scope, team-based access control, reporting, and later privilege-expansion chains. This makes the issue materially more serious than a low-value cosmetic CSRF.

Solution

  • The routes have been moved to API POST endpoints

See https://www.kimai.org/en/security/ghsa-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-13T23:55:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / kimai/kimai

Package

Name
kimai/kimai
Purl
pkg:composer/kimai/kimai

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.58.0

Affected versions

0.*
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.6.1
0.7
0.8
0.8.1
0.9
1.*
1.0
1.0.1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.5
1.6
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.10.1
1.10.2
1.11
1.11.1
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.14.1
1.14.2
1.14.3
1.15
1.15.1
1.15.2
1.15.3
1.15.4
1.15.5
1.15.6
1.16
1.16.1
1.16.2
1.16.3
1.16.4
1.16.5
1.16.6
1.16.7
1.16.8
1.16.9
1.16.10
1.17
1.17.1
1.18
1.18.1
1.18.2
1.19
1.19.1
1.19.2
1.19.3
1.19.4
1.19.5
1.19.6
1.19.7
1.20
1.20.1
1.20.2
1.20.3
1.20.4
1.21.0
1.22.0
1.22.1
1.23.0
1.23.1
1.24.0
1.25.0
1.26.0
1.27.0
1.28.0
1.28.1
1.29.0
1.29.1
1.30.0
1.30.1
1.30.2
1.30.3
1.30.4
1.30.5
1.30.6
1.30.7
1.30.8
1.30.9
1.30.10
1.30.11
2.*
2.0.0-alpha
2.0.0-beta
2.0.0-beta-2
2.0.0-beta-3
2.0.0-rc-1
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.0.7
2.0.8
2.0.9
2.0.10
2.0.11
2.0.12
2.0.13
2.0.14
2.0.15
2.0.16
2.0.17
2.0.18
2.0.19
2.0.20
2.0.21
2.0.22
2.0.23
2.0.24
2.0.25
2.0.26
2.0.27
2.0.28
2.0.29
2.0.30
2.0.31
2.0.32
2.0.33
2.0.34
2.0.35
2.1.0
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.3.0
2.4.0
2.4.1
2.5.0
2.6.0
2.7.0
2.8.0
2.9.0
2.10.0
2.11.0
2.12.0
2.13.0
2.14.0
2.15.0
2.16.0
2.16.1
2.17.0
2.18.0
2.19.0
2.19.1
2.20.0
2.20.1
2.21.0
2.22.0
2.23.0
2.24.0
2.25.0
2.26.0
2.27.0
2.28.0
2.29.0
2.30.0
2.31.0
2.32.0
2.33.0
2.34.0
2.35.0
2.35.1
2.36.0
2.36.1
2.37.0
2.38.0
2.39.0
2.40.0
2.41.0
2.42.0
2.43.0
2.44.0
2.45.0
2.46.0
2.47.0
2.48.0
2.49.0
2.50.0
2.51.0
2.52.0
2.53.0
2.54.0
2.55.0
2.56.0
2.57.0

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 2.57.0"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5.json"