CVE-2026-57945 (GCVE-0-2026-57945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-29 17:18 – Updated: 2026-06-29 17:18 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
PhotoPrism - Unauthorized User Profile Modification via PUT /api/v1/users/{uid} Endpoint
Summary
PhotoPrism before 260601-a7d098548 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated non-admin users to modify other users' profile information by sending requests to arbitrary user endpoints. Attackers can exploit the missing session-to-user identifier validation in the PUT users API endpoint to overwrite another user's profile details without authorization.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
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
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
photoprism photoprism Affected: 0 , < 260601-a7d098548 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-05-26 00:00
Credits
George Chen
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