# CVE-2026-111870: itsmeravitejak Online-Examination-System admin.php isAdmin missing authentication

> Attackers can bypass authentication in the admin panel to gain unauthorized access and potentially view or modify examination data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xxqh-978p-7hqv

## What is CVE-2026-111870?

CVE-2026-111870 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in itsmeravitejak Online-Examination-System, published on 18 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in itsmeravitejak Online-Examination-System up to e6208e630b14657999bbfe4c9912302d2a1e2449. The affected element is the function isAdmin of the file admin/admin.php. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111870?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-111870?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111870 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-111870 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111870 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-111870 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-111870 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in itsmeravitejak Online-Examination-System, published on 18 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111870 exists.

Affected product: itsmeravitejak Online-Examination-System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111870/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111870/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111870
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111870
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-111870

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111870/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.