CVE-2024-21622
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Craft is a content management system. This is a potential moderate impact, low complexity privilege escalation vulnerability in Craft starting in 3.x prior to 3.9.6 and 4.x prior to 4.4.16 with certain user permissions setups. This has been fixed in Craft 4.4.16 and Craft 3.9.6. Users should ensure they are running at least those versions.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.4–8.8
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-j5g9-j7r4-6qvxCraft CMS Privilege Escalation2024-01-03ghsa · osvUS
### Impact This is a potential moderate impact, low complexity privilege escalation vulnerability in Craft with certain user permissions setups. ### Patches This has been fixed in Craft 4.4.16 and Craft 3.9.6. Users should ensure they are running at least those versions. ### References https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13932 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13931 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#4511---2023-11-16 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/v3/CHANGELOG.md#396---2023-11-16
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references (22)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-21622/cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#4511---2023-11-16cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/v3/CHANGELOG.md#396---2023-11-16cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/76caf9af07d9964be0fd362772223be6a5f5b6aacnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/be81eb653d633833f2ab22510794abb6bb9c0843cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13931cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13932cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g9-j7r4-6qvxcnnvd
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