CVE-2026-29002 PUBLISHED

CouchCMS Privilege Escalation via f_k_levels_list Parameter

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 03.03.2026 Published: 10.04.2026 Updated: 10.04.2026

CouchCMS contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated Admin-level users to create SuperAdmin accounts by tampering with the f_k_levels_list parameter in user creation requests. Attackers can modify the parameter value from 4 to 10 in the HTTP request body to bypass authorization validation and gain full application control, circumventing restrictions on SuperAdmin account creation and privilege assignment.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor CouchCMS
Product CouchCMS
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 0 to 2.4.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Piyush Kumar Shukla finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE