Admidio: Cross-Organization Member Data Exposure via Permission Check Mismatch in contacts_data.php
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-863.
Summary
Admidio is an open-source user management solution. Prior to version 5.0.9, the contacts_data.php endpoint uses a weaker permission check (isAdministratorUsers(), requiring only rol_edit_user=true) than the frontend UI (contacts.php) which correctly requires the stronger isAdministrator() (requiring rol_administrator=true) and the contacts_show_all system setting. A user manager who is not a full administrator can directly request contacts_data.php?mem_show_filter=3 to retrieve all user records across all organizations in the Admidio instance, bypassing multi-tenant organization isolation. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.9.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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-g8p8-94f2-28gr |
- 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-g8p8-94f2-28gr
Remediation
- Fix · CNA admidio (Admidio) Fixed in 5.0.9
- Fix · GHSA-g8p8-94f2-28gr admidio/admidio (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41657
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8p8-94f2-28gr
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-2026-41657 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41657 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g8p8-94f2-28gr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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