Craft CMS 5.0.0 through 5.10.12 (fixed in 5.10.13) contains a broken access control flaw in the nested-elements reorder endpoint. When an authenticated control panel user with viewEntries and viewPeerEntries (but without savePeerEntries) opens another author's entry in read-only mode, Craft unconditionally grants that session a `manageNestedElements::<ownerId>::field:<handle>` authorization flag for the entry's Matrix/Address fields. Unlike the corresponding delete endpoint, actions/nested-elements/reorder trusts this session flag alone and never rechecks the caller's save permission for the owner element. As a result, a view-only user can POST to actions/nested-elements/reorder using the ownerElementType, ownerId, ownerSiteId, attribute, elementIds, and offset parameters present in the read-only page source and rewrite the sort order of Matrix blocks or Addresses belonging to content they are explicitly denied save access to.
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| Description | Craft CMS 5.0.0 through 5.10.12 (fixed in 5.10.13) contains a broken access control flaw in the nested-elements reorder endpoint. When an authenticated control panel user with viewEntries and viewPeerEntries (but without savePeerEntries) opens another author's entry in read-only mode, Craft unconditionally grants that session a `manageNestedElements::<ownerId>::field:<handle>` authorization flag for the entry's Matrix/Address fields. Unlike the corresponding delete endpoint, actions/nested-elements/reorder trusts this session flag alone and never rechecks the caller's save permission for the owner element. As a result, a view-only user can POST to actions/nested-elements/reorder using the ownerElementType, ownerId, ownerSiteId, attribute, elementIds, and offset parameters present in the read-only page source and rewrite the sort order of Matrix blocks or Addresses belonging to content they are explicitly denied save access to. | |
| Title | Craft CMS 5.0.0 before 5.10.13 Broken Access Control via nested-elements/reorder | |
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Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-09-16T21:46:55.216Z
Reserved: 2026-09-16T13:47:49.170Z
Link: CVE-2026-92589
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T22:18:29.583
Modified: 2026-09-16T22:18:29.583
Link: CVE-2026-92589
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