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CVE-2026-123490VulnerabilityPublished

Craft CMS from 5.8.17 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability because getOwners() applies caller

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-123490· High 8.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 5.11.2 soon.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 17:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.7
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.18.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.11.2
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade cms to 5.11.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
craftcmscmsAffected
  • >=5.8.17 <5.11.2
Fixed in
  • 5.11.2

AI-suggested

A fix is available in Craft CMS version 5.11.2. Users should upgrade to version 5.11.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.

Description

Craft CMS versions from 5.8.17 up to but not including 5.11.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. This flaw arises because the getOwners() function applies caller criteria without properly cleansing the query configuration. As a result, authenticated control panel users can exploit this to invoke attacker-selected static PHP callables, which can promote any account to administrator privileges.

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