{"id":"CVE-2026-111648","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-111648"],"related":[],"title":"BuildAdmin: admin profile edit lets lower admins overwrite other admins","description":"BuildAdmin through 2.3.9 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows authenticated backend administrators to modify other administrators' profiles via the id parameter. Attackers holding the routine/adminInfo/edit permission can overwrite avatar, nickname, email, mobile and motto fields, including a super administrator's email and mobile.","summary":"BuildAdmin through 2.3.9 fails to check ownership of the id parameter on the admin profile edit endpoint. An authenticated backend administrator with the routine/adminInfo/edit permission can change other administrators' avatar, nickname, email, mobile and motto, including a super administrator's email and mobile.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.1,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["buildadmin","package","php","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["no-backend-admin-roles-with-edit-permission"],"how_to_check":"- Check the BuildAdmin version in the project's composer or package files; versions through `2.3.9` are affected.\n- Review which roles hold the `routine/adminInfo/edit` permission.","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:29:15+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:29:15+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:29:15Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"BuildAdmin: admin profile edit lets lower admins overwrite other admins","impact":"medium","summary":"BuildAdmin through 2.3.9 fails to check ownership of the id parameter on the admin profile edit endpoint. An authenticated backend administrator with the routine/adminInfo/edit permission can change other administrators' avatar, nickname, email, mobile and motto, including a super administrator's email and mobile.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["buildadmin","self-hosted","php"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Lower-privileged admins take over a super administrator's email and mobile","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and remediation path; the NVD entry in the sources does not list one.","how_to_check":"- Check the BuildAdmin version in the project's composer or package files; versions through `2.3.9` are affected.\n- Review which roles hold the `routine/adminInfo/edit` permission.","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["no-backend-admin-roles-with-edit-permission"],"who_is_affected":"Teams running BuildAdmin 2.3.9 or earlier with a backend admin role that holds the routine/adminInfo/edit permission are exposed. Sites that do not use BuildAdmin, or that restrict that permission to super administrators only, have less exposure. The sources do not name a patched version.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000602,"input_tokens":3337,"output_tokens":536,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-111648':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '2.3.9':25B,68C 'admin':2A,7A,10A,36B 'administr':43B,51B,61B,80C,84C,107C 'allow':77C 'attack':90C 'authent':41B,78C 'avatar':52B,97C 'backend':42B,79C 'buildadmin':1A,17B,23B,66C 'chang':49B 'check':28B 'contain':69C 'cve':11A,14A 'direct':72C 'edit':4A,38B 'email':54B,63B,99C,109C 'endpoint':39B 'fail':26B 'field':103C 'hold':91C 'host':22B 'id':32B,88C 'includ':58B,104C 'insecur':71C 'let':5A 'lower':6A 'mobil':55B,65B,100C,111C 'modifi':82C 'motto':57B,102C 'nicknam':53B,98C 'object':73C 'overwrit':8A,96C 'ownership':29B 'packag':18B 'paramet':33B,89C 'permiss':47B,94C 'php':19B 'profil':3A,37B,85C 'refer':74C 'routine/admininfo/edit':46B,93C 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'super':60B,106C 'via':86C 'vulner':75C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams running BuildAdmin 2.3.9 or earlier with a backend admin role that holds the routine/adminInfo/edit permission are exposed. Sites that do not use BuildAdmin, or that restrict that permission to super administrators only, have less exposure. The sources do not name a patched version.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:45+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-111648","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111648","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:45+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:17:21+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:55+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}