CVE-2026-34406 (GCVE-0-2026-34406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 21:18 – Updated: 2026-04-03 16:38
VLAI?
Title
APTRS: Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment of is_superuser in User Edit Endpoint
Summary
APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/<pk>) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including "is_superuser": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-915 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
Assigner
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