diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/fields/categoryedit.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/fields/categoryedit.php
index 8adbe0508ea3b..821f9c463dd5b 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/fields/categoryedit.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/fields/categoryedit.php
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ protected function getOptions()
 		}
 
 		$db = JFactory::getDbo();
+		$user = JFactory::getUser();
+		$groups = implode(',', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
+
 		$query = $db->getQuery(true)
 			->select('DISTINCT a.id AS value, a.title AS text, a.level, a.published, a.lft');
 		$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
@@ -180,6 +183,9 @@ protected function getOptions()
 			$subQuery->where('published IN (' . implode(',', ArrayHelper::toInteger($published)) . ')');
 		}
 
+		// Filter categories on User Access Level
+		$subQuery->where('access IN (' . $groups . ')');
+
 		$query->from('(' . (string) $subQuery . ') AS a')
 			->join('LEFT', $db->quoteName('#__categories') . ' AS b ON a.lft > b.lft AND a.rgt < b.rgt');
 		$query->order('a.lft ASC');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
index 4d544639c262c..9f7e548ed5bcc 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
@@ -226,11 +226,12 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 			$query->where('a.access = ' . (int) $access);
 		}
 
-		// Implement View Level Access
+		// Filter by access level on categories.
 		if (!$user->authorise('core.admin'))
 		{
 			$groups = implode(',', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
 			$query->where('a.access IN (' . $groups . ')');
+			$query->where('c.access IN (' . $groups . ')');
 		}
 
 		// Filter by published state
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php b/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
index 3c2200eca901a..d594dd17fdc6f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 		// Create a new query object.
 		$db = $this->getDbo();
 		$query = $db->getQuery(true);
+		$user = JFactory::getUser();
 
 		// Select the required fields from the table.
 		$query->select(
@@ -123,6 +124,13 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 			$query->where('a.access = ' . (int) $access);
 		}
 
+		// Filter by access level on categories.
+		if (!$user->authorise('core.admin'))
+		{
+			$groups = implode(',', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
+			$query->where('c.access IN (' . $groups . ')');
+		}
+
 		// Filter by published state
 		$published = $this->getState('filter.published');
 
diff --git a/libraries/cms/html/category.php b/libraries/cms/html/category.php
index 7c273ec81c571..fc6a35db0b523 100644
--- a/libraries/cms/html/category.php
+++ b/libraries/cms/html/category.php
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ public static function options($extension, $config = array('filter.published' =>
 		if (!isset(static::$items[$hash]))
 		{
 			$config = (array) $config;
-			$db = JFactory::getDbo();
+			$db     = JFactory::getDbo();
+			$user   = JFactory::getUser();
+			$groups = implode(',', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
+
 			$query = $db->getQuery(true)
 				->select('a.id, a.title, a.level')
 				->from('#__categories AS a')
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ public static function options($extension, $config = array('filter.published' =>
 
 			// Filter on extension.
 			$query->where('extension = ' . $db->quote($extension));
+			
+			// Filter on user access level
+			$query->where('a.access IN (' . $groups . ')');
 
 			// Filter on the published state
 			if (isset($config['filter.published']))
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ public static function categories($extension, $config = array('filter.published'
 		if (!isset(static::$items[$hash]))
 		{
 			$config = (array) $config;
+			$user = JFactory::getUser();
 			$db = JFactory::getDbo();
 			$query = $db->getQuery(true)
 				->select('a.id, a.title, a.level, a.parent_id')
@@ -147,6 +154,10 @@ public static function categories($extension, $config = array('filter.published'
 
 			// Filter on extension.
 			$query->where('extension = ' . $db->quote($extension));
+			
+			// Filter on user level.
+			$groups = implode(',', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
+			$query->where('a.access IN (' . $groups . ')');
 
 			// Filter on the published state
 			if (isset($config['filter.published']))