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--- components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbcore/cb.core.php
+++ components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbcore/cb.core.php
@@ -3615,34 +3615,8 @@
 				$lists['gid']				=	"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gid\" value=\"$user->gid\" /><strong>Administrator</strong>";
 			} else {
 				// ensure user can't add group higher than themselves
-				if ( checkJversion() <= 0 ) {
-					$my_groups 				=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_object_groups( 'users', $_CB_framework->myId(), 'ARO' );
-				} else {
-					$aro_id					=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_object_id( 'users', $_CB_framework->myId(), 'ARO' );
-					$my_groups 				=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_object_groups( $aro_id, 'ARO' );
-				}
+				$gtree						=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_groups_below_me();
 
-				if ( is_array( $my_groups ) && ( count( $my_groups ) > 0 ) ) {
-					$ex_groups				=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_group_children( $my_groups[0], 'ARO', 'RECURSE' );
-					if ( $ex_groups === null ) {
-						$ex_groups			=	array();		// mambo fix
-					}
-				} else {
-					$ex_groups				=	array();
-				}
-	
-				$gtree						=	$_CB_framework->acl->get_group_children_tree( null, 'USERS', false );
-	
-				// remove users 'above' me
-				$i							=	0;
-				while ( $i < count( $gtree ) ) {
-					if ( in_array( $gtree[$i]->value, $ex_groups ) ) {
-						array_splice( $gtree, $i, 1 );
-					} else {
-						$i++;
-					}
-				}
-
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 				if ( checkJversion() == 2 ) {
 					$lists['gid']			=	moscomprofilerHTML::selectList( $gtree, 'gid[]', 'class="inputbox" size="11" multiple="multiple"', 'value', 'text', $user->gids, 2, false );
 				} else {