Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-119654DataCap through 2025.1.1 Privilege Escalation via allocationRole Missing Authorization
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in DataCap from devlive-community. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
DataCap through 2025.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to escalate privileges by calling administrative role and menu management APIs. Attackers, including self-registered accounts, can send PUT requests to /api/v1/user/allocationRole to assign themselves the administrator role and gain full control of the instance.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| devlive-community | DataCap | 0 – through 2025.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/issues/969 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/server/controller/user/UserController.java#L97-L108 technical-description
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-service/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/service/service/impl/UserServiceImpl.java#L104-L137 technical-description
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/server/controller/admin/RoleController.java#L34-L52 technical-description
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-security/src/main/java/io/edurt/datacap/security/SecurityConfigure.java#L63-L78 technical-description
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/metaforge-datacap-allocation-role-missing-authz-privilege-escalation third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/devlive-community/metaforge product
- VulnCheck Advisory: DataCap through 2025.1.1 Privilege Escalation via allocationRole Missing Authorization third-party-advisory