Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-47227
Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AD
admidio · Admidio
< 5.0.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47227
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47227
github.com
https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f
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