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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12963

The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions

Published Dec 12, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12963. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor lazycoders LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart 0 ≤1.2.29

The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity via the 'wp-json/lazytasks/api/v1/user/role/edit/' REST API endpoint prior to updating their details like email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their accou

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  • vendor lazycoders LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart 0 ≤1.2.290 ≤1.2.29

How to fix CVE-2025-12963

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12963. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with lazycoders LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart 0 ≤1.2.29 0 ≤1.2.29. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity via the 'wp-json/lazytasks/api/v1/user/role/edit/' REST API endpoint prior to updating their details like email address.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity via the 'wp-json/lazytasks/api/v1/user/role/edit/' REST API endpoint prior to updating their details like email address.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12963

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12963

    30-day exploitation probability 0.36%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-202972

    The LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.29. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity v

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 29, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026