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CVE-2026-28781 Detail

Description

Craft is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1, the entry creation process allows for Mass Assignment of the authorId attribute. A user with "Create Entries" permission can inject the authorIds[] (or authorId) parameter into the POST request, which the backend processes without verifying if the current user is authorized to assign authorship to others. Normally, this field is not present in the request for users without the necessary permissions. By manually adding this parameter, an attacker can attribute the new entry to any user, including Admins. This effectively "spoofs" the authorship. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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NIST: NVD
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CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 7.1 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/830b403870cd784b47ae42a3f5a16e7ac2d7f5a8 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/c6dcbdffaf6ab3ffe77d317336684d83699f4542 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2xfc-g69j-x2mp GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-28781
NVD Published Date:
03/04/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/04/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.