CVE-2026-47227CWE-639CWE-863broken-access-control

CVE-2026-47227

Medium · published August 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Admidio is an open-source user management solution. `modules/categories.php` checks that the supplied `type` parameter (`ANN`, `EVT`, `ROL`, `USF`, …) corresponds to a module the actor administers. The follow-up "is this specific category editable by me" check at lines 56-61 is dead code because it compares `$getType` (a category-type code) against mode names (`edit`/`save`/`delete`); the condition is permanently false, so `$category->isEditable()` is never invoked. Prior to version 5.0.10, the `delete`, `sequence`, and `save` switch cases load the category by the supplied UUID and act on it without re-checking that the category belongs to a module the actor administers. A user holding only one module-administrator right can therefore destroy or reorder empty categories belonging to *other* modules — for example, an announcements administrator can delete role categories, profile-field categories, or weblink categories that they have no right to touch. Version 5.0.10 fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00326 · 24.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key; CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-08-12T18:17Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 12:58Z
    Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`
    cvelistv5