CVE-2026-50279

Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap

Published Jul 1, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry() performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. 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. This issue has been fixed in version 5.9.21.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qq2c-2q8j-jh27 Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Craftcms
Craftcms craftcms
Vendors & Products Craftcms
Craftcms craftcms
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry() performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. 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. This issue has been fixed in version 5.9.21.
Title Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 2, 2026, 12:27 PM
Reserved
Jun 4, 2026, 4:26 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 2, 2026, 12:16 AM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 9:10 PM