CVE-2026-84798 PUBLISHED

Craft CMS before 5.10.11 Authorization Bypass via actionDeleteForSite

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 02.09.2026 Published: 02.09.2026 Updated: 02.09.2026

Craft CMS versions >= 5.0.0-RC1 and < 5.10.11 fail to perform an independent authorization check in ElementsController::actionDeleteForSite(). The method loads an element with checkForProvisionalDraft enabled and runs the deletion authorization check against the user's own provisional draft (which only verifies draft ownership), then propagates the deletion to the canonical element without re-checking permissions. As a result, an authenticated user who has viewEntries, viewPeerEntries, saveEntries, savePeerEntries, and editSite permissions but lacks the deleteEntriesForSite permission can hard-delete a canonical entry's site record (and, for single-site entries, the full element and content), which is irrecoverable via Craft's recycle bin.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor craftcms
Product cms
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5.0.0-RC1 to 5.10.11 (excl.)
  • Version 5.10.11 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

  • Missing Authorization CWE