Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A Craft CMS user who should only view a category group can instead rearrange its categories. This can change category URLs, break navigation, and disrupt dependent content. Craft CMS versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 are affected; version 5.10.6 fixes the issue.
Executive priority
Treat this as an urgent upgrade for affected Craft CMS deployments, especially public sites whose navigation or URLs depend on categories. Confirm version and permission exposure promptly, preserve relevant audit evidence, and assess whether category structures or descendant URLs were altered.
Technical view
The structures/move-element action trusts a structureEditable session grant derived from viewCategories rather than saveCategories. StructuresController does not re-check save authorization before moving an element, permitting unauthorized category reordering and re-parenting. Because category URIs depend on structural position, changes can propagate to descendant URLs and taxonomy-based navigation.
Likely exposure
Exposure exists where affected Craft CMS versions are deployed and a control-panel user has viewCategories, but not saveCategories, for a category group. Business impact depends on whether category structures drive public URLs, navigation, or other taxonomy-dependent workflows.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources do not establish active exploitation, and this CVE is not listed as KEV in the bundle. The described abuse requires access to a control-panel user with specific category-view permission, despite the supplied CVSS vector indicating PR:N.
Researcher notes
The authorization chain combines an incorrectly calculated editability flag with missing save-permission enforcement at the mutation endpoint. The supplied CVSS 4.0 score is 9.3, but its PR:N metric appears inconsistent with the described requirement for a permission-bearing control-panel user; this discrepancy should be verified against the advisories.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Craft CMS to version 5.10.6 or later.
- Prioritize systems where category structures control URLs or navigation.
- Review and restrict control-panel access until upgrading.
- Check vendor guidance for any additional remediation or integrity-recovery advice.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Craft CMS versions and identify installations earlier than 5.10.6.
- Review category-group permissions for users with viewCategories but without saveCategories.
- Audit category structure changes and control-panel activity for unexpected moves.
- Check category and descendant URLs for unexplained changes.
- Test taxonomy-driven navigation and repair affected links after upgrading.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.3 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.81.4VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
9.3CriticalVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq)CVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Craft CMS before 5.10.6 Authorization Bypass via structures/move-elementCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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Incorrect Authorization
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