{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-47227", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-05-18T22:25:21.259Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`", "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"}]}], "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"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Admidio", "product": "admidio", "versions": [{"version": "< 5.0.10", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-12T12:58:29.719Z"}, "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`, \u2026) 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 \u2014 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."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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