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CVE-2026-119654: DataCap through 2025.1.1 Privilege Escalation via allocationRole Missing Authorization

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-30 · updated 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

DataCap through 2025.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to escalate privileges by calling administrative role and menu management APIs. Attackers, including self-registered accounts, can send PUT requests to /api/v1/user/allocationRole to assign themselves the administrator role and gain full control of the instance.

Affected products

• devlive-community DataCap: through 2025.1.1

References

• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge
• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-security/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/security/SecurityConfigure.java#L63-L78
• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/server/controller/admin/RoleController.java#L34-L52
• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/server/controller/user/UserController.java#L97-L108
• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-service/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/service/service/impl/UserServiceImpl.java#L104-L137
• https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/issues/969
• https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/metaforge-datacap-allocation-role-missing-authz-privilege-escalation
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datacap-through-2025.1.1-privilege-escalation-via-allocationrole-missing-authorization
• https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/metaforge-datacap-allocation-role-missing-authz-privilege-escalation

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