# CVE-2023-53914: UliCMS 2023.1 Authentication Bypass via Mass Assignment Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-17 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- Ulicms: 2023.1

## Description

UliCMS 2023.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to create admin users through mass assignment in the UserController. Attackers can send a crafted POST request to the admin index.php endpoint with specific parameters to generate an administrative account with full system access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ulicms, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51486
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230314183734/https://en.ulicms.de/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ulicms-authentication-bypass-via-mass-assignment-vulnerability

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