8.6
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-25497
Craft has a GraphQL Asset Mutation Privilege Escalation
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 9, 2026, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 9, 2026, 8:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Craft CMS to a fixed version to address GraphQL API privilege escalation.
  • Update Craft CMS to version 4.17.0-beta.1 or later.
  • Update Craft CMS to version 5.9.0-beta.1 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ac7edf868c1a81fd9c4dc49d3b3edf1cce113409
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.8.22
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-fxp3-g6gw-4r4v
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-639
    Added Reference https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ac7edf868c1a81fd9c4dc49d3b3edf1cce113409
    Added Reference https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.8.22
    Added Reference https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-fxp3-g6gw-4r4v
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
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