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GHSA-3pvf-vxrv-hh9c CVE-2026-33158

Craft CMS: Low-privilege users could read private asset contents when editing an asset (IDOR)

Medium Packagist
Severity
0.0 / 10
Medium · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 29.65% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Fix
4.17.8
Upgrade craftcms/cms to this version or later

Description

Summary

A low-privileged authenticated user can read private asset content by calling assets/edit-image with an arbitrary assetId that they are not authorized to view.

The endpoint returns image bytes (or a preview redirect) without enforcing a per-asset view authorization check, leading to potential unauthorized disclosure of private files.

Details

Root cause:

  • A user-controlled object reference (assetId) is used to load and return sensitive content.
  • The action does not verify whether the current user is authorized to view that asset.
  • This creates an authenticated IDOR / authorization bypass.

Impact

  • Craft installations where private/non-public assets exist and low-privileged users can authenticate.

Resources

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/7290d91639e

Affected versions

Packagist

PackageVulnerableFixed in
craftcms/cms
>= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.8
4.17.8
craftcms/cms
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.14
5.9.14

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

craftcms/cms Packagist → 4.17.8

composer
composer require craftcms/cms:^4.17.8

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
None
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None
Exploit maturity
Unreported

CVSS 3.1 6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Weakness

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: For each and every data access, ensure that the user has sufficient privilege to access the record that is being requested.
  • Architecture and Design, Implementation: Make sure that the key that is used in the lookup of a specific user's record is not controllable externally by the user or that any tampering can be detected.
  • Architecture and Design: Use encryption in order to make it more difficult to guess other legitimate values of the key or associate a digital signature with the key so that the server can verify that there has been no tampering.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
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Craft CMS: Arbitrary file read via SplFileObject in non-sandboxed template contexts
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GHSA-596p-6jv8-775v
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Medium Also affects craftcms/cms
GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq
Craft CMS: Authorization bypass: view-only Categories user can modify category structure via structures/move-element
Medium Also affects craftcms/cms
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