Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Craft CMS by Pixel & Tonic
CVE-2026-32267

7.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Craftcms

Status
Cms
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-32267?

Craft CMS versions 4.0.0-RC1 to 4.17.5 and 5.0.0-RC1 to 5.9.11 contain a vulnerability that allows low-privilege or unauthenticated users, who access shared URLs, to escalate their privileges to admin status. This vulnerability arises from improper authorization in the UsersController's actionImpersonateWithToken method. The issue has been addressed in the latest updates, versions 4.17.6 and 5.9.12.

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Affected Version(s)

cms >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.6 < 4.0.0-RC1, 4.17.6

cms >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.12 < 5.0.0-RC1, 5.9.12

References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-...
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https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6301e217c5f15617d9...
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CVSS V4

Score:
7.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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