Craft CMS before 5.10.6 Authorization Bypass via structures/move-element
Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A control-panel user holding only the viewCategories permission (without saveCategories) for a category group can permanently modify that group's category structure — reordering and re-parenting categories — via the structures/move-element action. The structureEditable flag is computed from the view permission rather than the save permission, and the StructuresController authorizes the mutating action on that read-time session grant without a save re-check. Because a category's URI is derived from its position in the structure, moving a category changes its URL and those of its descendants and can corrupt navigation menus built from the category taxonomy. The issue is fixed in 5.10.6.
CVE-2026-72785
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-72785
cms
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "craftcms",
"product": "cms",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.0.0-RC1",
"lessThan": "5.10.6",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.6",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:composer/craftcms/cms",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-72785
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Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12830 · Revision 1
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