Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting craftcms/cms package, versions >=4.0.0-RC1, <4.17.0-beta.1>=5.0.0-RC1, <5.9.0-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-CRAFTCMSCMS-15440547
  • published10 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026
  • creditHesham

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-28782  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade craftcms/cms to version 4.17.0-beta.1, 5.9.0-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

craftcms/cms is a content management system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the _duplicateElements function. An attacker can gain unauthorized access and duplicate other users' entries by sending direct requests with specific entry IDs, even when only minimal permissions are granted.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1