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CVE-2026-125360

Storyden through 1.26.16 Privilege Escalation via MANAGE_ROLES Role Assignment

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-11-09
  • WeaknessCWE-269

Am I affected?

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Description

Storyden through 1.26.16 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows users holding MANAGE_ROLES to grant the ADMINISTRATOR permission without being administrators. Attackers can call AccountAddRole on another controlled account or use RoleCreate and RoleUpdate to create administrator roles, taking full control of the instance.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-0923:27CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA

As VulnCheck, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • Southclaws storydenother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 1.26.16no fix statedsemver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-09

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-125360 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVE record2026-11-09
  • CNACVSS 4.08.62026-11-09
  • CNACVSS 3.17.22026-11-09
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-2692026-11-09

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Published
2026-11-09

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-125360?

Storyden through 1.26.16 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows users holding MANAGE_ROLES to grant the ADMINISTRATOR permission without being administrators. Attackers can call AccountAddRole on another controlled account or use RoleCreate and RoleUpdate to create administrator roles, taking full control of the instance.

Is CVE-2026-125360 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-125360 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-125360?

CVE-2026-125360 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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