CVE-2025-59544 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-59544: Chamilo: Unauthorized access to update category of any user

Vendor Chamilo

Product chamilo-lms

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published March 6, 2026

Last update March 9, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Chamilo is a learning management system. Prior to version 1.11.34, the functionality for the user to update the category does not implement authorization checks for the "category_id" parameter which allows users to update the category of any user by replacing the "category_id" parameter. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.34.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 6, 2026 CVE published

March 9, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59544 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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