CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-124429

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Craft CMS from 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated public registrants to reclaim deactivated non-admin accounts while retaining their direct permissions. Attackers can register using a deactivated account, set a new password, and inherit permissions stored in userpermissions_users, enabling privileged account takeover when email verification is disabled.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over privileged accounts without authentication, gaining access to features and data reserved for those accounts.

Recommendation

Update Craft CMS to version 5.11.2 or later and enable email verification for public registrations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Craft CMS from 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated public registrants to reclaim deactivated non-admin accounts while retaining their direct permissions. Attackers can register using a deactivated account, set a new password, and inherit permissions stored in userpermissions_users, enabling privileged account takeover when email verification is disabled.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS