CVE-2026-112957
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.34.0, the getOne REST endpoint for pages does not apply viewRole type-level restrictions or viewPermission field-level redaction. An editor-level user who knows a document _id can read the full content of admin-only pages and their privileged fields, while the getAll endpoint correctly enforces both restrictions. This issue is fixed in version 4.34.0.
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-vh56-5m88-39rqApostropheCMS: GET /api/v1/@apostrophecms/page/:id bypasses viewRole restriction and exposes viewPermission-gated fields to lower-privileged users2026-10-21ghsa · osvUS
### Summary The `getOne` REST endpoint for pages does not apply `viewRole` type-level restrictions or `viewPermission` field-level redaction. An editor-level user who knows a document `_id` can read the full content of admin-only pages and their privileged fields, while the `getAll` endpoint correctly enforces both restrictions. ### Details **Finding 3 — viewRole bypass:** `modules/@apostrophecms/page/index.js` exposes `getRestQuery(req, omitPermissionCheck = false)`. The `getAll` path calls `publicApiCheckAsync` and threads the full query builder pipeline including `viewRole` filtering. The `getOne` path uses a divergent code path that skips this pipeline. A page type declared with `viewRole: 'admin'` is inaccessible via `GET /api/v1/@apostrophecms/page?type=secretPage` (returns 403 to an editor) but is fully returned by `GET /api/v1/@apostrophecms/page/:id:en:published` to the same editor. **Finding 4 — viewPermission field leak:** Fields decorated with `viewPermission: { action: 'edit', type: '@apostrophecms/page' }` are stripped by `removeForbiddenFields` in the `getAll` path but are returned verbatim in `getOne`. An editor who knows any document `_id` can read all `viewPermission`-restricted fields. ### PoC ```bash # Log in as editor, get session jar EDITOR_JAR="..." # getAll — correctly blocked curl -b "$EDITOR_JAR" \ "http://TARGET/api/v1/@apostrophecms/page?type=secretPage" # → 403 Forbidden # getOne — bypassed, returns full document including viewPermission fields curl -b "$EDITOR_JAR" \ "http://TARGET/api/v1/@apostrophecms/page/ADMIN_PAGE_ID:en:published" # → 200 OK, full doc including secretField value ``` ### Impact Editors can read the full content of any page — including those restricted to admins via `viewRole` — if they know or can guess the `_id`. Sensitive field values gated by `viewPermission` are also fully exposed. This breaks the content access control model for any site using these decorators.
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references (4) nvd
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- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/06e4b377f3c360f9e89c32dccd7e505ad5ddf498
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/40b989b1a9dd23d30029b8ce7668634265cfe5ea
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.34.0
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-vh56-5m88-39rq
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