Outline before 1.12.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in authorizeDocumentPublish() that allows authenticated members to publish documents into private collections without write access. Attackers can detach a child document via documents.unpublish, retaining parentDocumentId, then call documents.update with a private collection UUID to inject phishing content.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Outline before 1.12.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in authorizeDocumentPublish() that allows authenticated members to publish documents into private collections without write access. Attackers can detach a child document via documents.unpublish, retaining parentDocumentId, then call documents.update with a private collection UUID to inject phishing content.
Title Outline before 1.12.0 Incorrect Authorization via authorizeDocumentPublish() Detached Draft
First Time appeared Getoutline
Getoutline outline
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:getoutline:outline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Getoutline
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T17:30:46.661Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T14:04:51.674Z

Link: CVE-2026-120489

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T17:04:56.957Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-02T15:17:30.860

Modified: 2026-11-02T19:34:23.993

Link: CVE-2026-120489

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T16:15:06Z

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