Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by Hackrate
CVE-2026-79987Low-privilege RCE through element-search eager loading
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
A remote, authenticated, non-admin Craft CMS Control Panel user with only the accessCp permission can execute operating system commands as the PHP web worker.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-470 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-9TSYY2 third-party-advisory, technical-description, mitigation
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.10.13 release-notes
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms product
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-9c4j-cjw3-r3xx third-party-advisory