Improper Authentication Affecting poweradmin/poweradmin package, versions >=4.1.0, <4.2.5>=4.3.0, <4.3.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-POWERADMINPOWERADMIN-18307209
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jul 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade poweradmin/poweradmin to version 4.2.5, 4.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication in the authentication process when handling OIDC subject identifiers due to the use of an accent-insensitive collation in the database. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to another user's account by registering an OIDC account with a subject identifier that is a collation variant of the victim's identifier and then authenticating through the OIDC provider.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1