Description
The Taskbuilder – WordPress Project Management & Task Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the project and task comment submission functions (AJAX actions: wppm_submit_proj_comment and wppm_submit_task_comment). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create comments on any project or task (including private projects they cannot view or are not assigned to), and inject arbitrary HTML and CSS via the insufficiently sanitized comment_body parameter.
Published: 2026-02-18
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Authorization bypass with arbitrary content injection
Action: Apply patch
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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Taskbuilder
Taskbuilder taskbuilder – Wordpress Project Management & Task Management,kanban View
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Vendors & Products Taskbuilder
Taskbuilder taskbuilder – Wordpress Project Management & Task Management,kanban View
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Description The Taskbuilder – WordPress Project Management & Task Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the project and task comment submission functions (AJAX actions: wppm_submit_proj_comment and wppm_submit_task_comment). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create comments on any project or task (including private projects they cannot view or are not assigned to), and inject arbitrary HTML and CSS via the insufficiently sanitized comment_body parameter.
Title Taskbuilder <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Project/Task Comment Creation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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Taskbuilder Taskbuilder – Wordpress Project Management & Task Management,kanban View
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:57:56.438Z

Reserved: 2026-01-29T18:12:27.876Z

Link: CVE-2026-1640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-18T14:21:32.243Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-02-18T07:16:09.153

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-1640

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T20:30:13Z

Weaknesses