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.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f | Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php` |
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php` | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-639 CWE-863 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-12T15:23:07.680Z
Reserved: 2026-05-18T22:25:21.259Z
Link: CVE-2026-47227
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-12T14:17:53.600
Modified: 2026-08-12T16:17:03.670
Link: CVE-2026-47227
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