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CVE-2026-32267

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

Published: Mar 16, 2026Updated: Mar 17, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-863
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.7%
Top 6.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

craft cmscraftcmsWeb & CMS Plugins
craftcms/cmsPackagistOSS Libraries
cmscraftcmsWeb & CMS Plugins
craftcmscommercialNZWeb & CMS Plugins
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6301e217c5f15617d939c432cb770db50af14b33
github.com
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cc7p-2j3x-x7xf
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32267
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Mar 16, 2026
Last Updated
Mar 17, 2026

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