Camaleon CMS category IDOR lets users edit other categories
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Camaleon CMS before 2.9.2 contains an insecure direct object reference in Admin::CategoriesController. An authenticated user with permission for one post type can rename or delete categories belonging to other post types by supplying arbitrary category IDs (CWE-639). The CVSS 4.0 vector shows low privileges are required, with no user interaction and low integrity and availability impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
Camaleon CMS before 2.9.2 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in Admin::CategoriesController that allows authenticated users to modify unauthorized categories by referencing arbitrary category IDs. Users authorized for one post type can send update or destroy requests pairing another category ID with their authorized post_type_id to rename or delete categories.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Camaleon CMS to version 2.9.2 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
- Fix · CNA Camaleon CMS (owen2345) Fixed in 2.9.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
owen2345 Camaleon CMS 2.9.2
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-83821 Missing authorization in Camaleon CMS media controllerPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120430
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-gxj9-c997-h74f
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More owen2345 vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-14148 Camaleon CMS v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-31375 Arbitrary file write leading to RCE in Camaleon CMS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-47396 Camaleon CMS 2.1.1 - 2.9.1 Authenticated RCE via select_eval Custom Field CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2021-07976 Camaleon CMS - Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Change CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-31376 Arbitrary path traversal in Camaleon CMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-51449 CamaleonCMS Missing Authorization via Plugin Administration Endpoints CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-120430 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120430 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gxj9-c997-h74f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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