Craft CMS has an authorization bypass which allows any control panel user to move entries without permissions

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

4.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2026-33162: 0.29% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 22.02 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

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Summary An authenticated control panel user with only accessCp can move entries across sections via POST /actions/entries/move-to-section, even when they do not have saveEntries:{sectionUid} permission for either source or destination section. Details Root-cause analysis 1. actionMoveToSection accepts sectionId and entryIds, loads entries, and iterates: Craft::$app-getEntries()-moveEntryToSection($entry, $section). 2. The endpoint does not enforce per-entry or per-section authorization checks. 3. moveEntryToSection() also does not enforce current-user authorization. 4. There is a permission check in actionMoveToSectionModalData for building UI options, but that check is not enforced in the actual endpoint. 5. Therefore, a direct POST request can bypass UI filtering and perform unauthorized entry moves.

Impact This is an authorization bypass permitting unauthorized content changes. Authenticated low-privileged control panel users can move entries they should not be able to manage,…

Published by the source

24 Mar 2026, 17:28 UTC

Last modified by the source

25 Mar 2026, 21:00 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-f582-6gf6-gx4g

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-33162

Advisory: Craft CMS has an authorization bypass which allows any control panel user to move entries without permissions
IDs: CVE-2026-33162, GHSA-f582-6gf6-gx4g
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-33162 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.9)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: craftcms/cms 5.9.14. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist craftcms/cms: affected >= 5.3.0, <= 5.9.13; fixed in 5.9.14

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist craftcms/cms: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on craftcms/cms.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f582-6gf6-gx4g (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-f582-6gf6-gx4g lists affected ranges: Packagist craftcms/cms >=5.3.0 <=5.9.13)

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