Authorization bypass in ThinkAdmin think-plugs-admin file records
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
ThinkAdmin think-plugs-admin through 1.0.81 contains an insecure direct object reference (CWE-639) in admin/file.edit. A non-super administrator holding that permission can read and overwrite other administrators' file records by supplying a target id, which exposes download URLs and allows ownership to be reassigned.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
ThinkAdmin think-plugs-admin through 1.0.81 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows non-super administrators to read and overwrite other administrators' file records via admin/file.edit. Attackers holding the admin/file.edit node can request or POST a target id with columns like xurl, hash, or uuid to view download URLs, tamper records, or reassign ownership.
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for think-plugs-admin.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111655
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-wcpc-prgf-22hq
- 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-19 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111655 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111655 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wcpc-prgf-22hq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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