Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-72785Craft CMS before 5.10.6 Authorization Bypass via structures/move-element

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in cms from craftcms. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A control-panel user holding only the viewCategories permission (without saveCategories) for a category group can permanently modify that group's category structure — reordering and re-parenting categories — via the structures/move-element action. The structureEditable flag is computed from the view permission rather than the save permission, and the StructuresController authorizes the mutating action on that read-time session grant without a save re-check. Because a category's URI is derived from its position in the structure, moving a category changes its URL and those of its descendants and can corrupt navigation menus built from the category taxonomy. The issue is fixed in 5.10.6.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	craftcms/cms	5.10.6	GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
craftcms	cms	5.0.0-RC1 – before 5.10.6

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Craft CMS before 5.10.6 Authorization Bypass via structures/move-element third-party-advisory