CVE-2026-25875 PUBLISHED

PlaciPy Admin Privilege Escalation via Trusted JWT Claims

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.02.2026 Published: 09.02.2026 Updated: 09.02.2026

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, The admin authorization middleware trusts client-controlled JWT claims (role and scope) without enforcing server-side role verification.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Praskla-Technology
Product	assessment-placipy
Versions	Version = 1.0.0 is affected

References

https://github.com/Praskla-Technology/assessment-placipy/security/advisories/GHSA-mx95-8ppg-v574

Problem Types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE