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

> Attackers can modify the category of any user in Chamilo LMS due to missing authorization checks on the category_id parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3h9-h7qf-wwrf

## What is CVE-2025-59544?

CVE-2025-59544 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 6 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59544?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chamilo Chamilo Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59544?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59544 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Chamilo Chamilo Lms

- [CVE-2025-50187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50187/): Chamilo: Evaluation of untrusted user input leads to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34944/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-27423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27423/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35414/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13082/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59544 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59544 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 6 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Chamilo Chamilo Lms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59544/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59544/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59544
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59544
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59544

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59544/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.