Statamic affected by privilege escalation via stored Cross-site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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). Versions 5.73.8 and below in addition to 6.0.0-alpha.1 through 6.3.1 have a Stored XSS vulnerability in html fieldtypes which allows authenticated users with field management permissions to inject malicious JavaScript that executes when viewed by higher-privileged users. This issue has been fixed in 6.3.2 and 5.73.9.
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-alpha.1 to before 6.3.2; before 5.73.9 | 6.3.2, 5.73.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | statamic/cms (Packagist) | 6.0.0-alpha.1 to before 6.3.2 | 6.3.2 | Patch available | GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq |
| — | statamic/cms (Packagist) | before 5.73.9 | 5.73.9 | Patch available | GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq |
- cms Vendorstatamic Affected 6.0.0-alpha.1 to before 6.3.2; before 5.73.9 Fixed in 6.3.2, 5.73.9 Patch available CNA
- statamic/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0-alpha.1 to before 6.3.2 Fixed in 6.3.2 Patch available GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq
- statamic/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.73.9 Fixed in 5.73.9 Patch available GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cms (statamic) Fixed in 6.3.2, 5.73.9
- Fix · GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq statamic/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 6.3.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq statamic/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 5.73.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27196
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq
References
Patch 2
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-2026-27196 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-27196 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8r7r-f4gm-wcpq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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