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CVE-2025-52469: Chamilo: Friend Request Workflow Bypass - Unauthorized Friend Addition and ID Validation Bypass

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-841

Description

Chamilo is a learning management system. Prior to version 1.11.30, a logic vulnerability in the friend request workflow of Chamilo’s social network module allows an authenticated user to forcibly add any user as a friend by directly calling the AJAX endpoint. The attacker can bypass the normal flow of sending and accepting friend requests, and even add non-existent users. This breaks access control and social interaction logic, with potential privacy implications. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.30.

Affected products

• chamilo-lms: before 1.11.30 — fixed in 1.11.30

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: chamilo-lms 1.11.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/39e0fa88a2ba5dd197e0d8ce7335730b666992a6
• https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/releases/tag/v1.11.30
• https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-m5xj-5xf3-rqch

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