Craft CMS from 5.8.17 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability because getOwners() applies caller criteria without cleansing the query configuration. Authenticated control panel users can invoke attacker-selected static PHP callables via crafted criteria to promote every account to administrator.

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Description Craft CMS from 5.8.17 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability because getOwners() applies caller criteria without cleansing the query configuration. Authenticated control panel users can invoke attacker-selected static PHP callables via crafted criteria to promote every account to administrator.
Title Craft CMS before 5.11.2 Privilege Escalation via getOwners() Sandbox Bypass
First Time appeared Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms
Weaknesses CWE-915
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T15:00:51.473Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:44:37.658Z

Link: CVE-2026-123490

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T15:17:18.483

Modified: 2026-11-06T15:17:18.483

Link: CVE-2026-123490

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