๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-40486

MEDIUM 4.3

Kimai's User Preferences API allows standard users to modify restricted attributes: hourly_rate, internal_rate

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. In versions 2.52.0 and below, the User Preferences API endpoint (PATCH /api/users/{id}/preferences) applies submitted preference values without checking the isEnabled() flag on preference objects. Although the hourly_rate and internal_rate fields are correctly marked as disabled for users lacking the hourly-rate role permission, the API ignores this restriction and saves the values directly. Any authenticated user can modify their own billing rates through this endpoint, resulting in unauthorized financial tampering affecting invoices and timesheet calculations. This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0.

CWE CWE-915
Vendor kimai
Product kimai
Published Apr 17, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

kimai / kimai
< 2.53.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-qh43-xrjm-4ggp github.com: https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.53.0