CVE-2026-84795: Improper Privilege Management in craftcms cms
Craft CMS before 5.10.11 fails to validate the admin flag during user registration, allowing it to persist from deactivated admin accounts. Attackers can register with a deactivated admin's email address to inherit administrator privileges when public registration and disabled email verification are configured.
CVE-2026-84795: Improper Privilege Management in craftcms cms
Description
Craft CMS before 5.10.11 fails to validate the admin flag during user registration, allowing it to persist from deactivated admin accounts. Attackers can register with a deactivated admin's email address to inherit administrator privileges when public registration and disabled email verification are configured.
CVSS v4.0
Score 9.2critical
Affected software
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-02T10:19:06.330Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a980702acd9273b492a9193
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 11:22:42 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 12:22:10 UTC
Views: 5
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