CVE-2025-70963: Gophish is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control

February 6, 2026

Gophish <= 0.12.1 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. The administrative dashboard exposes each user’s long-lived API key directly inside the rendered HTML/JavaScript of the page on every login. This makes permanent API credentials accessible to any script running in the browser context.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9f8m-9547-2gqm
github.com/gophish/gophish
github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/9366
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70963

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