CVE-2026-1213
askbot inexhaustive permissions check allows any user to modify a different user's profile picture
EPSS 0.01%
Description
All versions of askbot before and including 0.12.2 allow an attacker authenticated with normal user permissions to modify the profile picture of other application users. This issue affects askbot: 0.12.2.
How to fix CVE-2026-1213
To remediate CVE-2026-1213, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/askbot—upgrade to 0.12.3 or later
Is CVE-2026-1213 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.12.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |