Statmatic affected by privilege escalation via stored cross-site scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Statmatic is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). From 6.0.0 to before 6.2.3, a stored XSS vulnerability in content titles allows authenticated users with content creation permissions to inject malicious JavaScript that executes when viewed by higher-privileged users. Malicious user must have an account with control panel access and content creation permissions. This vulnerability can be exploited to allow super admin accounts to be created. This has been fixed in 6.2.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| statamic | cms | 6.0.0 to before 6.2.3 | 6.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | statamic/cms (Packagist) | 6.0.0 to before 6.2.3 | 6.2.3 | Patch available | GHSA-ff9r-ww9c-43x8 |
- cms Vendorstatamic Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.2.3 Fixed in 6.2.3 Patch available CNA
- statamic/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.2.3 Fixed in 6.2.3 Patch available GHSA-ff9r-ww9c-43x8
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cms (statamic) Fixed in 6.2.3
- Fix · GHSA-ff9r-ww9c-43x8 statamic/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 6.2.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25759
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ff9r-ww9c-43x8
References
Advisory 2
More Statamic vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16191 Statamic account takeover via XSS and password reset link CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2023-18622 Statamic's Antlers sanitizer cannot effectively sanitize malicious SVG CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2021-20500 A Code Execution vulnerability exists in Statamic Version through 3.2.26 via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-25469 Statamic CMS remote code execution via front-end form uploads CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-26081 Remote code execution via form uploads in statamic/cms CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-21980 Statamic is vulnerable to account takeover via password reset link injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-25759 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25759 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ff9r-ww9c-43x8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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