Summary
CVE-2026-69091 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Admidio, the open-source membership and organization management application. The flaw resides in the forum module when the site is configured in login-only mode, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read forum topics and posts. It affects all versions before 5.0.11 and is rated HIGH severity.
Technical details
- Root cause: The access control logic in
modules/forum.phpfails to validate the login-only configuration state (CWE-306, Missing Authentication for Critical Function). - Trigger conditions: The Admidio instance is configured in login-only mode; an attacker directly accesses the forum module with read-only parameters.
- Attack vector: Network — remotely exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker with no user interaction.
- Impact: Unauthorized disclosure of forum topics and posts (confidentiality only; no integrity or availability impact).
Affected software
- Admidio: all versions before 5.0.11
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.5 (HIGH) —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v4.0 base score: 8.7 (HIGH) —
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
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Upgrade to Admidio 5.0.11 or later, which fixes the access control validation in the forum module.
- If no patch: Restrict network access to the forum module and the Admidio instance until the upgrade can be applied.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/adm_program/,/adm_my_files/ - Page title:
Admidio set-cookieresponse header:admidio

