CVE-2026-57518

Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 Privilege Escalation via UserApiController

Published Jun 26, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with the 'user: manage users' permission to escalate privileges by assigning arbitrary custom roles to themselves due to missing authorization checks in UserApiController::saveAction(). Attackers can assign themselves a custom role with the 'system: manage packages' permission and then upload and install a malicious PHP package through the admin package installer to achieve remote code execution.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pagekit:pagekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Pagekit
Pagekit pagekit
Vendors & Products Pagekit
Pagekit pagekit
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Description Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with the 'user: manage users' permission to escalate privileges by assigning arbitrary custom roles to themselves due to missing authorization checks in UserApiController::saveAction(). Attackers can assign themselves a custom role with the 'system: manage packages' permission and then upload and install a malicious PHP package through the admin package installer to achieve remote code execution.
Title Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 Privilege Escalation via UserApiController
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 9:34 PM
Reserved
Jun 24, 2026, 3:58 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 26, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Jul 14, 2026, 10:17 PM