vulnerability / NVI-00007818 / Revision 2
Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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0.364%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.30295. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
craftcms/cms
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 5.0.0-RC1; fixed 5.9.21
### Summary `EntriesController::actionSaveEntry()` performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model. The subsequent author mutation path accepts attacker-supplied `authors` / `author` parameters and allows the change when the current user is one of the old authors. Because the controller does not re-run authorization after mutating the author list, a low-privileged user can reassign an entry’s authorship to another user without holding the dedicated peer-author-change permission. ### Details The control flow begins in EntriesController.php:249. `actionSaveEntry()` loads the entry and enforces edit permissions before calling `_populateEntryModel()`: ```php public function actionSaveEntry(bool $duplicate = false): ?Response { ... $entry = $this->_editableEntry($this->request->getBodyParam('entryId'), $siteId); ... $this->enforceEditEntryPermissions($entry, $duplicate); ... $this->_populateEntryModel($entry); ... $success = Craft::$app->getElements()->saveElement($entry); } ``` The attacker-controlled source is in
03 / Response
What to do next
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 5.9.21 for craftcms/cms. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-qq2c-2q8j-jh27 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-50279 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.