{"id":"CVE-2026-47227","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T15:23:07.680Z","severity":{"score":6.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["Admidio admidio"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Admidio","product":"admidio","versions":[{"version":"< 5.0.10","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f"],"weaknesses":["CWE-639","CWE-863"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:07.131Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/47xxx/CVE-2026-47227.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-47227","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-12T15:23:07.680Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-05-18T22:25:21.259Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Admidio","product":"admidio","versions":[{"version":"< 5.0.10","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f","name":"https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-639","lang":"en","description":"CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key","type":"CWE"}]},{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-863","lang":"en","description":"CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"GitHub_M","orgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateUpdated":"2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z"},"source":{"advisory":"GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f","discovery":"UNKNOWN"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f","tags":["exploit"]}],"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-08-12T15:22:02.843768Z","id":"CVE-2026-47227","options":[{"Exploitation":"poc"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-08-12T15:23:07.680Z"}}]}}}