CVE-2026-72563

Status: DeferredHigh (8.1)—

A broken access control vulnerability in BadChoice Handesk as of 2026-07-10 allows any authenticated agent to overwrite lead records belonging to other teams via the LeadsController@update endpoint. The endpoint performs no authorization check, and the Lead model has guarded set to an empty array making all columns mass-assignable. An attacker with any agent account can corrupt lead data across team boundaries.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base score: 8.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 26
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 %
Primary impactT1565.001 Stored Data Manipulationimpact85 %
Secondary impactT1078.001 Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access60 %

Acceso autenticado a servicio remoto (PR:L) sin validación de autorización permite corrupción de datos entre límites de equipo. CWE-284 (broken access control) y modificación no autorizada de registros confirma manipulación de datos.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program Restrict File and Directory Permissions Privileged Account Management Password Policies Remote Data Storage

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Badchoice — Handesk^AI

CWEs

CWE-284

References

https://github.com/BadChoice/handesk

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