Duplicate Advisory: Craft CMS: Authorization bypass: view-only Categories user can modify category structure via structures/move-element
## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A control-panel user holding only the viewCategories permission (without saveCategories) for a category group can permanently modify that group's category structure — reordering and re-parenting categories — via the structures/move-element action. The structureEditable flag is computed from the view permission rather than the save permission, and the StructuresController authorizes the mutating action on that read-time session grant without a save re-check. Because a category's URI is derived from its position in the structure, moving a category changes its URL and those of its descendants and can corrupt navigation menus built from the category taxonomy. The issue is fixed in 5.10.6.
Duplicate Advisory: Craft CMS: Authorization bypass: view-only Categories user can modify category structure via structures/move-element
Description
## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A control-panel user holding only the viewCategories permission (without saveCategories) for a category group can permanently modify that group's category structure — reordering and re-parenting categories — via the structures/move-element action. The structureEditable flag is computed from the view permission rather than the save permission, and the StructuresController authorizes the mutating action on that read-time session grant without a save re-check. Because a category's URI is derived from its position in the structure, moving a category changes its URL and those of its descendants and can corrupt navigation menus built from the category taxonomy. The issue is fixed in 5.10.6.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-4hc4-qjfx-wjf3
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["Packagist"]
- Database Specific Severity
- CRITICAL
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a9845c5acd9273b496aff23
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 15:50:29 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 21:12:52 UTC
Views: 5
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