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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2026-39355 json

Genealogy is Missing Authorization in `TeamController::transferOwnership()` Allows Any Authenticated User to Hijack Any Team (Broken Access Control)

published 2026-04-07 7 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-19865

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 5.9.1, a critical broken access control vulnerability in the genealogy application allows any authenticated user to transfer ownership of arbitrary non-personal teams to themselves. This enables complete takeover of other users’ team workspaces and unrestricted access to all genealogy data associated with the compromised team. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.1.

Patch / fix

  • kreaweb genealogy 5.9.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/MGeurts/genealogy/security/advisories/GHSA-2rq7-jqm7-w8x4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • MGeurts genealogy

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.