---
id: CVE-2026-85378
title: >-
  light0011 cms Chapter Controller ChapterController.class.php _initialize
  authorization
summary: >-
  A vulnerability was identified in light0011 cms
  c774dce31c6df0055568a8d5c53d964d99be199d/f72cf46f601efb2a0618c3814cc2f61380b38930.
  Affected by this issue is the function AuthController::_initialize of the file
  App/Admin/Controller/Chapte…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-639
  - CWE-285
vendor: light0011
product: cms
affected:
  - cms c774dce31c6df0055568a8d5c53d964d99be199d
  - cms f72cf46f601efb2a0618c3814cc2f61380b38930
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-11T20:03:32.427074Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-09-03'
updated: '2026-09-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-11T20:38:03.542Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85378'
references:
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/398532'
    label: >-
      VDB-398532 | light0011 cms Chapter Controller ChapterController.class.php
      _initialize authorization
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/398532/cti'
    label: 'VDB-398532 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)'
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-85378'
    label: CVE-2026-85378 | CVE Analysis and Report
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/submit/894787'
    label: >-
      Submit #894787 | light0011 cms f72cf46f601efb2a0618c3814cc2f61380b38930
      Authorization Bypass
  - url: 'https://github.com/light0011/cms/issues/4'
  - url: 'https://github.com/light0011/cms/'
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00302
epssPercentile: 0.23188
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T11:11:19.879Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was identified in light0011 cms c774dce31c6df0055568a8d5c53d964d99be199d/f72cf46f601efb2a0618c3814cc2f61380b38930. Affected by this issue is the function AuthController::_initialize of the file App/Admin/Controller/ChapterController.class.php of the component Chapter Controller. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. 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.

## Affected

- `cms c774dce31c6df0055568a8d5c53d964d99be199d`
- `cms f72cf46f601efb2a0618c3814cc2f61380b38930`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.