CVE-2025-59826 (GCVE-0-2025-59826)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-23 20:26
Modified
2025-09-24 13:23
Severity ?
7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE
Summary
Flag Forge is a Capture The Flag (CTF) platform. In version 2.1.0, non-admin users can create arbitrary challenges, potentially introducing malicious, incorrect, or misleading content. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/FlagForgeCTF/flagForge/security/advisories/GHSA-q7pg-qchv-3pc5
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
FlagForgeCTF flagForge Version: = 2.1.0
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