CVE-2026-71508
What it is
Dolibarr before 24.0.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in the user REST API update endpoint that allows attackers with user-write rights to modify payroll fields by exploiting an incomplete credential denylist that omits payroll columns. Attackers can rewrite salary, bonus, hourly rate, daily rate, and weekly hours for any user without holding payroll rights, with the modified values appearing in payroll export reports.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing authorization
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/commit/c85d0e840725a3c1a2f49b3e97766469c3cb02b6
- https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/releases/tag/24.0.0
References
- https://codeant.ai/security-research/cve-2026-71508-dolibarr-payroll-mass-assignment
- https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/commit/c85d0e840725a3c1a2f49b3e97766469c3cb02b6
- https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/releases/tag/24.0.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dolibarr-rest-api-improper-authorization-via-user-update-endpoint