CVE-2026-71251: Akaunting - Cross-Company Media IDOR in Customer Portal Download Endpoint

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-05 · updated 2026-08-26
Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Akaunting's shared download route (app/Http/Controllers/Common/Uploads.php::download, reachable at uploads/{id}/download behind only generic auth middleware) fetched the requested Media record by ID with no verification that it belonged to the requesting portal customer's own company, allowing any authenticated portal customer to download any other company's uploaded files by guessing or enumerating media IDs.

Affected products

Akaunting: 0

References

https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting

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