PYSEC-2026-1497
kiwi TCMS has possibility for user to update email address to unverified one
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-1497 — kiwitcms: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'kiwitcms>=12.2'Details
### Impact In previous versions of Kiwi TCMS users were able to update their email addresses via the "My profile" admin page. This page allowed them to change the email address registered with their account without the ownership verification performed during account registration.
### Patches With Kiwi TCMS v12.2 or later it is not possible to edit the email field associated with a user account!
### Workarounds No workaround exists.
### References Disclosed by [@novemberdad](https://huntr.dev/bounties/1714df73-e639-4d64-ab25-ced82dad9f85/).
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References
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30544[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi[PACKAGE]
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1714df73-e639-4d64-ab25-ced82dad9f85[WEB]
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/04/23/kiwi-tcms-122[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/kiwitcms[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg[ADVISORY]