Incorrect Authorization Affecting craftcms/cms package, versions >=3.6.0-RC3, <4.17.6>=5.0.0-alpha.1, <5.9.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
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-15674465
  • published17 Mar 2026
  • disclosed16 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-32267  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade craftcms/cms to version 4.17.6, 5.9.12 or higher.

Overview

craftcms/cms is a content management system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the actionImpersonateWithToken process. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access by leveraging a valid preview token and manipulating the action query parameter to impersonate any user, including administrators, without prior authentication.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1