# CVE-2025-53922: Galette has access control bypass

> A logged-in group manager can bypass restrictions to modify Contributions and Transactions in Galette membership software.

- **Severity:** Low 1.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jp7-5c38-3pv6, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53922

## What is CVE-2025-53922?

CVE-2025-53922 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in galette, published on 19 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Galette is a membership management web application for non profit organizations. Starting in version 1.1.4 and prior to version 1.2.0, a user who is logged in as group manager may bypass intended restrictions on Contributions and Transactions. Version 1.2.0 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Galette Galette.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-53922?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53922 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in galette

- [CVE-2021-41262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41262/): SQL Injection in Galette (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-41260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41260/): Missing CSRF checks in Galette (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-41261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41261/): Stored Cross-site Scripting in Galette (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-24761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24761/): Galette public pages accessibility restriction (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-21319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21319/): Several stored XSS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53922 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in galette, published on 19 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: galette. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53922

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53922/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.