Craft CMS from 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated public registrants to reclaim deactivated non-admin accounts while retaining their direct permissions. Attackers can register using a deactivated account, set a new password, and inherit permissions stored in userpermissions_users, enabling privileged account takeover when email verification is disabled.
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| Description | Craft CMS from 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated public registrants to reclaim deactivated non-admin accounts while retaining their direct permissions. Attackers can register using a deactivated account, set a new password, and inherit permissions stored in userpermissions_users, enabling privileged account takeover when email verification is disabled. | |
| Title | Craft CMS 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 Privilege Escalation via Public Registration | |
| First Time appeared |
Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-266 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-08T13:15:26.029Z
Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:12:19.300Z
Link: CVE-2026-124429
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:08.833
Modified: 2026-11-08T14:18:08.833
Link: CVE-2026-124429
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