# CVE-2026-32817: Admidio is Missing Authorization and CSRF Protection on Document and Folder Deletion

- Also known as: GHSA-RMPJ-3X5M-9M5F
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.7
- Published: 2026-03-20 · Updated: 2026-03-20

## Affected

- admidio: from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.0.7
- admidio/admidio (Packagist): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.0.7

## Description

Admidio is an open-source user management solution. In versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.6, the documents and files module does not verify whether the current user has permission to delete folders or files. The folder_delete and file_delete action handlers in modules/documents-files.php only perform a VIEW authorization check (getFolderForDownload / getFileForDownload) before calling delete(), and they never validate a CSRF token. Because the target UUIDs are read from $_GET, deletion can be triggered by a plain HTTP GET request. When the module is in public mode (documents_files_module_enabled = 1) and a folder is marked public (fol_public = true), an unauthenticated attacker can permanently destroy the entire document library. Even when the module requires login, any user with view-only access can delete content they are only permitted to read. This issue has been fixed in version 5.0.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on admidio, admidio/admidio, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.7) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/security/advisories/GHSA-rmpj-3x5m-9m5f

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