# CVE-2026-41890: CI4MS: Arbitrary Database Table Drop via Theme deleteProcess

- Also known as: GHSA-VGRF-PR28-VF98
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.31.8.0
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-05-07

## Affected

- ci4-cms-erp ci4ms: from 0.31.1.0, fixed in 0.31.8.0
- ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms (Packagist): from 0.31.1.0, fixed in 0.31.8.0

## Description

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. From version 0.31.1.0 to before version 0.31.8.0, the deleteProcess() action accepts a POST parameter tables[] containing arbitrary table names. These are passed directly to $forge->dropTable() without validating that the tables belong to the theme being deleted. The deleteConfirm view correctly populates tables[] from the theme's own migration files, but the server-side deleteProcess does not verify the received values against those files. An authenticated admin can craft a POST request with arbitrary table names and drop any table in the database. This issue has been patched in version 0.31.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ci4-cms-erp ci4ms, ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms, upgrade to a fixed version (0.31.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/security/advisories/GHSA-vgrf-pr28-vf98
- https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/releases/tag/0.31.8.0

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