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CVE-2026-32267 (GCVE-0-2026-32267)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-16 19:04 – Updated: 2026-03-18 15:43

Title

Craft CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation/Bypass through UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken()

Summary

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.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                        
                          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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-18 15:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisori…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6301e217c5…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
craftcms	cms	Affected: >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.6 Affected: >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.12	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-32267

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-16 20:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:35

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6301e217c5f15617d939c432cb770db50af14b33	Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cc7p-2j3x-x7xf	Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cc7p-2j3x-x7xf	Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
craftcms	craft_cms	*
craftcms	craft_cms	*
craftcms	craft_cms	4.0.0
craftcms	craft_cms	4.0.0
craftcms	craft_cms	4.0.0
craftcms	craft_cms	4.0.0
craftcms	craft_cms	5.0.0
craftcms	craft_cms	5.0.0

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GHSA-CC7P-2J3X-X7XF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-16 18:44 – Updated: 2026-03-17 15:23

Summary

Craft CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation/Bypass through UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken()

Details

Summary

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.

Affected users should update to Craft 4.17.6 and 5.9.12 to mitigate the issue.

Details

This vulnerability allows any low-privilege user to escalate their privileges and become an admin, or, in extreme circumstances, unprivileged users to do the same.

Therefore, this vulnerability affects Craft Pro and Team more than Craft Solo.

Specifically, an attacker who possesses a valid “preview token” can then append &action=users/impersonate-with-token&userId=1&prevUserId=1 to the preview URL to hijack the request into the impersonation endpoint, logging in as any user (including admin) without authentication. Getting the preview token is easy, and all an editor would have to do is create a single article, click “Preview”, and then recover this token.

Here’s what happens:

The action re-dispatch in actionPreview() passes $skipSpecialHandling=true to handleRequest(), bypassing all security guards, and passes $checkToken=false to checkIfActionRequest(), which allows an attacker-controlled action query parameter to override the dispatch target.
The requireToken() guard on actionImpersonateWithToken() only checks a boolean (_hadToken) that was set when the preview token was initially resolved. It does not verify that the token was intended for the impersonation action, and so any valid token from any route satisfies the check.
actionImpersonateWithToken is listed in $allowAnonymous and performs no authorization beyond requireToken(), so no prior authentication is required.

PoC

The PoC achieves full admin takeover on the latest Craft CMS 5.9.10. Spawn a local version of Craft. Then, you’ll want to log in and create a valid setup:

Log in at http://host:18895/admin
Go to Settings, Sections, New Section (name: "Blog", type: "Channel")
Under Site Settings, set URI Format to blog/{slug}
Then go to Entries, New Entry, Blog, and give it any title

Next, obtain a preview token

Open the saved entry in the editor
Click the Preview button
A preview pane opens with the entry rendered in an iframe
Right-click inside the preview pane and Inspect Element
Find the element; its src contains the tokenized URL: http://host:18895/blog/title?x-craft-live-preview=...&token=XXXXXXXX
Copy the token= value

Finally, execute the exploit:

1. Open a new incognito/private browser window 2. Navigate to: http://host:18895/?token=XXXXXXXX&action=users/impersonate-with-token&userId=1&prevUserId=1 3. You may see a 404. This is expected.

To verify the exploit, in the same incognito tab, navigate to http://host:18895/admin. You should land on the admin dashboard, logged in as admin, without ever entering credentials.

Impact

Privilege escalation; everyone is impacted.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                  
                    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

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  "details": "### Summary\nA low-privilege user (or an unauthenticated user who has been sent a shared URL) can escalate their privileges to admin by abusing `UsersController-\u003eactionImpersonateWithToken`.\n\nAffected users should update to Craft 4.17.6 and 5.9.12 to mitigate the issue.\n\n### Details\nThis vulnerability allows any low-privilege user to escalate their privileges and become an admin, or, in extreme circumstances, unprivileged users to do the same.\n\nTherefore, this vulnerability affects Craft Pro and Team more than Craft Solo.\n\nSpecifically, an attacker who possesses a valid \u201cpreview token\u201d can then append `\u0026action=users/impersonate-with-token\u0026userId=1\u0026prevUserId=1` to the preview URL to hijack the request\u00a0into the impersonation endpoint, logging in as any user (including admin) without authentication. Getting the preview token is easy, and all an editor would have to do is create a single article, click \u201cPreview\u201d, and then recover this token.\n\nHere\u2019s what happens:\n\n1. The action re-dispatch in `actionPreview()` passes `$skipSpecialHandling=true` to `handleRequest()`, bypassing all security guards, and passes `$checkToken=false` to `checkIfActionRequest()`, which allows an attacker-controlled action query parameter to override the dispatch target.\n2. The `requireToken()` guard on `actionImpersonateWithToken()` only checks a boolean (`_hadToken`) that was set when the preview token was initially resolved. It does not verify that the token was intended for the impersonation action, and so any valid token from any route satisfies the check.\n3. `actionImpersonateWithToken` is listed in `$allowAnonymous` and performs no authorization beyond `requireToken()`, so no prior authentication is required.\n\n### PoC\n\nThe PoC achieves full admin takeover on the latest Craft CMS 5.9.10. Spawn a local version of Craft. Then, you\u2019ll want to log in and create a valid setup:\n\n1. Log in at http://host:18895/admin\n2. Go to Settings,\u00a0 Sections, New Section (name: \"Blog\", type: \"Channel\")\n3. Under Site Settings, set URI Format to blog/{slug}\n4. Then go to Entries, New Entry, Blog, and give it any title\n\nNext, obtain a preview token\n\n1. Open the saved entry in the editor\n2. Click the Preview button\n3. A preview pane opens with the entry rendered in an iframe\n4. Right-click inside the preview pane and Inspect Element\n5. Find the \u003ciframe\u003e element; its src contains the tokenized URL: `http://host:18895/blog/title?x-craft-live-preview=...\u0026token=XXXXXXXX`\n6. Copy the `token=` value\n\nFinally, execute the exploit:\n\n\u00a0 1. Open a new incognito/private browser window\n\u00a0 2. Navigate to: `http://host:18895/?token=XXXXXXXX\u0026action=users/impersonate-with-token\u0026userId=1\u0026prevUserId=1`\n\u00a0 3. You may see a 404.  This is expected.\n\nTo verify the exploit, in the same incognito tab, navigate to\u00a0`http://host:18895/admin`.\u00a0You should land on the admin dashboard, logged in as admin, without ever entering credentials.\n\n### Impact\n\nPrivilege escalation; everyone is impacted.",
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