CVE-2026-79989 PUBLISHED

Arbitrary user password reset leading to administrator account takeover

Assigner: Hackrate
Reserved: 25.08.2026 Published: 02.09.2026 Updated: 02.09.2026

The vulnerability allows any authenticated user to change their own password without providing the current password or having an active elevated session. It also allows the attacker to change other users’ passwords if the attacker’s account has Edit users permission (which doesn’t allow changing others’ passwords) and lacks Administrate users permission (which is required to change others’ passwords).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor craftcms
Product cms
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5.0.0-RC1 to 5.10.8 (excl.)

Credits

  • Mohammed Hesham (@he4am) reporter
  • Hackrate coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization CWE