CVE-2026-111690

Status: DeferredCritical (9.3)—

Severity9.3Critical · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability0.44 %higher than 37% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge super administrator tokens by using the hard-coded Auth.AccessSecret in api/etc/core.yaml. Attackers can sign a JWT with the public secret and roleId claim 001 to gain full administrative control over users, roles, menus, API authorities, configuration and tokens.

CVSS

Base score: 9.3
Version: 4.0
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 37
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1606 Forge Web Credentialscredential access85 %
Secondary impactT1098 Account Manipulationpersistence · privilege escalation70 %

Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin autenticación; el texto describe la falsificación de tokens JWT de super administrador con el secreto público, que da control total sobre usuarios y roles.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management User Account Management Network Segmentation Vulnerability Scanning Restrict File and Directory Permissions Operating System Configuration

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Simple-admin — Simple-admin-core^AI

CWEs

CWE-321

References

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