CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-50279
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry() performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. The subsequent author mutation path accepts attacker-supplied authors / author parameters and allows the change when the current user is one of the old authors. Because the controller does not re-run authorization after muta
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"cms","vendor":"craftcms","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.21"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.6,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ee7b520b84756078aa6cfa77ed1de2fea20b92c199f37f9e2e1d4e3024c3acfa · sha256:8457f2a9777efff6… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-285","description":"CWE-285: Improper Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ee7b520b84756078aa6cfa77ed1de2fea20b92c199f37f9e2e1d4e3024c3acfa · sha256:8457f2a9777efff6… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/9cc493be8b414d7116c7f2bc2a6d0926e73f1248","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/9cc493be8b414d7116c7f2bc2a6d0926e73f1248"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ee7b520b84756078aa6cfa77ed1de2fea20b92c199f37f9e2e1d4e3024c3acfa · sha256:8457f2a9777efff6… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-qq2c-2q8j-jh27"}
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{"name":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-qq2c-2q8j-jh27","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-qq2c-2q8j-jh27"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ee7b520b84756078aa6cfa77ed1de2fea20b92c199f37f9e2e1d4e3024c3acfa · sha256:8457f2a9777efff6… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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