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CVE-2026-32267

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-03-16
  • Fixed in5.9.12 · 4.17.6
  • WeaknessCWE-863

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.6 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.12, a low-privilege user (or an unauthenticated user who has been sent a shared URL) can escalate their privileges to admin by abusing UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.6 and 5.9.12.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-03-1620:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-25 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-32267?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-32267?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Craftcms craft cms
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.x≥ 5.0.1, < 5.9.125.9.12
5.x≥ 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.125.9.12
4.x≥ 4.0.0.1, < 4.17.64.17.6
4.x≥ 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.64.17.6
4.0= 4.0.0no fix published
5.0= 5.0.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Craftcms craft cms to 5.9.12 · 4.17.6

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2026-03-18
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 4.07.7read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score9.4 %2026-10-25
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
2026-03-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32267?

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.6 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.12, a low-privilege user (or an unauthenticated user who has been sent a shared URL) can escalate their privileges to admin by abusing UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.6 and 5.9.12.

Is CVE-2026-32267 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2026-32267, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-32267?

CVE-2026-32267 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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