CVE-2026-25497
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. In Craft versions from 4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1, there is a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Craft CMS’s GraphQL API that allows an authenticated user with write access to one asset volume to escalate their privileges and modify/transfer assets belonging to any other volume, including restricted or private volumes to which they should not have access. The saveAsset GraphQL mutation validates authorization against the schema-resolved volume but fetches the target asset by ID without verifying that the asset belongs to the authorized volume. This allows unauthorized cross-volume asset modification and transfer. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.2–8.8
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-fxp3-g6gw-4r4vCraft CMS: GraphQL Asset Mutation Privilege Escalation2026-02-09ghsa · osvUS
There is a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Craft CMS’s GraphQL API that allows an authenticated user with write access to one asset volume to escalate their privileges and modify/transfer assets belonging to any other volume, including restricted or private volumes to which they should not have access. ## Summary: Type: Privilege Escalation (CWE-269) Affected: Craft CMS 5.x (likely affects 4.x and 3.x as well) Location: `src/gql/resolvers/mutations/Asset.php lines 57-107` ## Root Cause: The saveAsset GraphQL mutation validates authorization against the schema-resolved volume but fetches the target asset by ID without verifying that the asset belongs to the authorized volume. This allows unauthorized cross-volume asset modification and transfer. ## Impact: - Transfer confidential assets from private volumes to public volumes (data exfiltration) - Modify asset metadata in restricted volumes - Bypass multi-tenant isolation in shared hosting environments
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ac7edf868c1a81fd9c4dc49d3b3edf1cce113409cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.8.22cnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-fxp3-g6gw-4r4vcnnvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ac7edf868c1a81fd9c4dc49d3b3edf1cce113409enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.8.22enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-fxp3-g6gw-4r4venisa_euvd
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ac7edf868c1a81fd9c4dc49d3b3edf1cce113409Patchnvd
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