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CVE-2026-41656: Admidio: Path Traversal via Unvalidated `name` Parameter in Document Add Mode Enables Arbitrary Server File Read

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Admidio is an open-source user management solution. Prior to version 5.0.9, the add mode in modules/documents-files.php accepts a name parameter validated only as 'string' type (HTML encoding), allowing path traversal characters (../) to pass through unfiltered. Combined with the absence of CSRF protection on this endpoint and SameSite=Lax session cookies, a low-privileged attacker can trick a documents administrator into clicking a crafted link that registers an arbitrary server file (e.g., install/config.php containing database credentials) into a documents folder accessible to the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.9.

Affected products

• admidio: before 5.0.9

References

• https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/releases/tag/v5.0.9
• https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-m9h6-8pqm-xrhf
• https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-m9h6-8pqm-xrhf

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