CVE-2026-22660

FlaskBB Logic Flaw Authorization Group Deletion via Bulk AJAX Endpoint

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Jul 10, 2026
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
Reserved
Jan 8, 2026

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Description

FlaskBB through 2.2.0, fixed in commit a5da9a5, contains a logic flaw vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to delete all built-in authorization groups by exploiting a type mismatch in the bulk delete protection check. The bulk AJAX endpoint in the management views compares received JSON integer group IDs against string literals, causing the protection check to always pass, which allows deletion of all six built-in groups and destroys the forum's permission model, potentially rendering the site unusable.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.17.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
flaskbbflaskbb
  • 2.2.0 and earlierAffected
  • https://github.com/flaskbb/flaskbb/commit/a5da9a52Not affected

References

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