Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-52466 · published 6 August 2026
CVE-2026-52466: Incorrect authorization vulnerability
Open Library Foundation VuFind v11.0.3 and v4.1 is vulnerable to toInorrect Access Control. The application fails to stop processing an incoming request in VuFind\Controller\AbstractBase::validateAccessPermission after it has found that controller level access permissions do not allow access to the requested function. The requester receives a response indicating that access was denied, but the actual function is executed regardless of that.
Description
Open Library Foundation VuFind v11.0.3 and v4.1 is vulnerable to toInorrect Access Control. The application fails to stop processing an incoming request in VuFind\Controller\AbstractBase::validateAccessPermission after it has found that controller level access permissions do not allow access to the requested function. The requester receives a response indicating that access was denied, but the actual function is executed regardless of that.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-52466), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.