# CVE-2026-116257: BillaBear Installation InstallController.php processInstall missing authentication

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109730, GHSA-W52V-5242-FJCM
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

BillaBear, a billing software application, has a flaw in its installation handler that lets remote users reach the setup process without authentication. An attacker could potentially exploit this to take control of or alter the application's installation.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a BillaBear: 2025.01.03

## Description

A vulnerability was determined in BillaBear up to 2025.01.03. Affected by this issue is the function processInstall of the file src/BillaBear/Controller/InstallController.php of the component Installation Handler. This manipulation causes missing authentication. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

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

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426296
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426296/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116257
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1009909
- https://gist.github.com/asdfghjkl12345678910111/d9fcbcdf74b3f07c427ade9fed927ad4

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