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CVE-2023-36813: Kanboard Authenticated SQL Injections vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Kanboard is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. In versions prior to 1.2.31authenticated user is able to perform a SQL Injection, leading to a privilege escalation or loss of confidentiality. It appears that in some insert and update operations, the code improperly uses the PicoDB library to update/insert new information. Version 1.2.31 contains a fix for this issue.

Affected products

• kanboard: before 1.2.31 — fixed in 1.2.31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: kanboard 1.2.31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/commit/25b93343baeaf8ad018dcd87b094e47a5c6a3e0a
• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/releases/tag/v1.2.31
• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/security/advisories/GHSA-9gvq-78jp-jxcx
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5454
• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/commit/25b93343baeaf8ad018dcd87b094e47a5c6a3e0a
• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/releases/tag/v1.2.31
• https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/security/advisories/GHSA-9gvq-78jp-jxcx
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5454

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