---
id: CVE-2025-65779
title: >-
  An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to
  version 18.15, fixed in 18.16
summary: >-
  An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to
  version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Unauthenticated attackers can update a board's
  "sort" value (Boards.allow returns true without verifying userId), allowing
  arbitrar…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-284
vendor: wekan_project
product: wekan
affected:
  - wekan < 8.16
patched:
  - wekan 8.16
published: '2025-12-15'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65779'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/wekan/wekan'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v816-2025-11-02-wekan--release
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/ea310d7508b344512e5de0dfbc9bdfd38145c5c5
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://wekan.fi/hall-of-fame/spacebleed/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00314
epssPercentile: 0.22524
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.427Z'
---

## Overview

An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Unauthenticated attackers can update a board's "sort" value (Boards.allow returns true without verifying userId), allowing arbitrary reordering of boards.

## Affected

- `wekan < 8.16`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `wekan 8.16`