---
title: "CVE-2026-120445: madong-admin-saas - Broken Access Control"
description: "madong-admin-saas <= 5.1.4 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in AccessTokenMiddleware, letting authenticated tenant users access platform management API, create admin accounts, and control tenants, exploit requires tenant user authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-120445/
---

# CVE-2026-120445 madong-admin-saas - Broken Access Control

madong-admin-saas <= 5.1.4 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in AccessTokenMiddleware, letting authenticated tenant users access platform management API, create admin accounts, and control tenants, exploit requires tenant user authentication.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120445)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

2 November 2026

Updated

3 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 5.1.4.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120445](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120445)
- [https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/blob/v5.1.4/app/platform/middleware/AccessTokenMiddleware.php#L62-L73](https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/blob/v5.1.4/app/platform/middleware/AccessTokenMiddleware.php#L62-L73)
- [https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/commit/2a199a1523ed749c94b876bc2ae5fedf252b2e39](https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/commit/2a199a1523ed749c94b876bc2ae5fedf252b2e39)
- [https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/issues/2](https://github.com/madong-code/madong-admin-saas/issues/2)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/madong-admin-saas-through-5.1.4-incorrect-authorization-via-platformapi-accesstokenmiddleware](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/madong-admin-saas-through-5.1.4-incorrect-authorization-via-platformapi-accesstokenmiddleware)

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