Admidio: Path Traversal in ECard Preview Allows Reading Arbitrary Server Files Including Database Credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Admidio is an open-source user management solution. Prior to version 5.0.9, the ecard_preview.php endpoint does not validate that the ecard_template POST parameter is a safe filename before passing it to ECard::getEcardTemplate(). An authenticated user can supply a path traversal payload (e.g., ../config.php) to read arbitrary files accessible to the web server process, including adm_my_files/config.php which contains database credentials. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.9.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admidio | admidio | before 5.0.9 | 5.0.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | admidio/admidio (Packagist) | before 5.0.9 | 5.0.9 | Patch available | GHSA-m3vp-3jjm-gpmx |
- admidio VendorAdmidio Affected before 5.0.9 Fixed in 5.0.9 Patch available CNA
- admidio/admidio (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.0.9 Fixed in 5.0.9 Patch available GHSA-m3vp-3jjm-gpmx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA admidio (Admidio) Fixed in 5.0.9
- Fix · GHSA-m3vp-3jjm-gpmx admidio/admidio (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41655
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m3vp-3jjm-gpmx
References
More Admidio vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25286 Admidio is Missing Authorization and CSRF Protection on Document and Folder Deletion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56995 Admidio before 5.0.12 Authentication Bypass via RSS feeds CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56993 Admidio before 5.0.12 SQL Injection via relation_type_list CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-25222 Admidio has Blind SQL Injection in ecard_send.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-30186 Admidio: SAML Signature Validation Result Ignored — Forged AuthnRequests and LogoutRequests Processed CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-25764 Admidio Vulnerable to RCE via Arbitrary File Upload in Message Attachment CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-41655 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41655 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m3vp-3jjm-gpmx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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