Incorrect Authorization Affecting craftcms/cms package, versions <4.18.2>=5.0.0-RC1, <5.10.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-CRAFTCMSCMS-18584421
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed6 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade craftcms/cms to version 4.18.2, 5.10.6 or higher.

Overview

craftcms/cms is a content management system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization through the structures/move-element process. An attacker can alter the ordering and nesting of categories, affecting their URLs and potentially corrupting navigation or menus, by leveraging insufficient permission checks that allow modification actions with only view permissions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1