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CVE-2026-86731: Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.12 Permission Escalation via UsersController

HighCVSS 7.1 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: craftcms cms 5.10.12.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to craftcms cms 5.10.12 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Craft CMS versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.11 are missing an admin-target guard in UsersController::actionActivateUser (the users/activate-user action). While the action requires the administrateUsers permission, it does not call requireAdmin() when the targeted user is an administrator, unlike the mirror action actionDeactivateUser. As a result, an authenticated control panel user who is not an administrator but holds the administrateUsers permission can activate a pending or deliberately deactivated administrator account, which can lead to permission escalation when combined with resetting that account's password. The issue is fixed in Craft CMS 5.10.12.

Published
Sep 8, 2026
Updated
Sep 19, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 24th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · VulnCheck
7.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • craftcms cms

    • 5.10.12not affected
    • 5.0.0-RC1 and later · before 5.10.12affected · semver

Same product

craftcms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-115934SQL injection leading to privilege escalation
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-124427Craft CMS 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 GraphQL Schema Scope Bypass via prev/next
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-123488Craft CMS 4.0.0 before 4.18.9 SQL Injection via Element Search Endpoint
    37Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-79991Sep 2, 2026 · Authenticated SQL Injection via nested eager-loading criteria
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-86730Sep 8, 2026 · Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.12 Behavior Injection RCE
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-86732Sep 8, 2026 · Craft CMS before 5.10.12 Remote Code Execution via element-index
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
craftcms cms5.10.12Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-12442761 days apartCraft CMS 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 GraphQL Schema Scope Bypass via prev/next
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-848016 days apartCraft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.11 Authentication Bypass via administrateUsers
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-847946 days apartCraft CMS 5.0.0 through 5.10.10 Authorization Bypass via assets/move-asset
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-847986 days apartCraft CMS before 5.10.11 Authorization Bypass via actionDeleteForSite
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-848006 days apartCraft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.11 File Overwrite via assets/replace-file
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-5028469 days apartCraft CMS: Missing peer-permission check in `AssetsController::actionDeleteFolder` allows deletion of other users' assets
    28Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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References

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