CVE-2026-88959
highAnchor CMS through 0.12.7 fails to enforce role-based access control in admin user-management endpoints, allowing any authenticated low-privilege user to creat…
Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 fails to enforce role-based access control in admin user-management endpoints, allowing any authenticated low-privilege user to create administrator accounts or modify existing ones. Attackers with editor or user roles can POST directly to admin/users/add or admin/users/edit endpoints to create new administrator accounts or change the existing administrator's password, gaining full administrative access.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://gist.github.com/bozorovab2009-spec/57931237f774b78333f8fe47e84ec4aa disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/blob/0.12.7/anchor/routes/users.php disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anchor-cms-through-0.12.7-privilege-escalation-via-mi... disclosure@vulncheck.com