Winter: Broken access control in `Cms\Controllers\Index` allows cross-template actions and unauthorized asset uploads
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Winter CMS is a content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. In versions up to and including 1.2.12, the CMS section's Theme Editor AJAX handlers did not enforce per-template-type permission checks, allowing a backend user with any single CMS permission to act on template types outside their authorized scope. The CMS controller gated access to the section as a whole using OR-logic across its five permissions, but individual handlers such as onSave(), onDelete(), and onDeleteTemplates() did not verify that the user held the specific permission for the requested template type, so a user with only cms.manage_pages could craft AJAX requests to delete layouts, modify partials, or read content files. Separately, the AssetList widget was registered for any user who passed the controller gate regardless of the cms.manage_assets permission, and its onUpload() handler omitted the theme-validation call present on the other mutating handlers, permitting unauthorized file uploads into the active theme's asset directory. Exploitation requires an authenticated backend account holding at least one of the CMS Theme Editor permissions. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wintercms | winter | before 1.2.13 | 1.2.13 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | winter/wn-cms-module (Packagist) | before 1.2.13 | 1.2.13 | Patch available | GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77 |
- winter Vendorwintercms Affected before 1.2.13 Fixed in 1.2.13 Patch available CNA
- winter/wn-cms-module (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.2.13 Fixed in 1.2.13 Patch available GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77
Remediation
- Fix · CNA winter (wintercms) Fixed in 1.2.13
- Fix · GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77 winter/wn-cms-module (Packagist) Fixed in 1.2.13 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32639
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter/security/advisories/GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter/commit/164c62524e8abc153d09c6c35916278bdb746a2b
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter/commit/5391afa242eba3c476869035b7492e50a262c46b
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter/releases/tag/v1.2.13
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter
More wintercms vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-19497 Server-side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in Winter CMS v.1.2.3 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-28528 Winter CMS Local File Inclusion through Server Side Template Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-18732 Winter vulnerable to Prototype Pollution in Snowboard framework CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-55251 Winter CMS before 1.2.13 Twig Sandbox Escape via SecurityPolicy CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21979 Winter: Privilege escalation by authenticated backend users CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-21102 Dusk plugin may allow unfettered user authentication in misconfigured installs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-32639 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32639 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5c4f-9pq9-6c77 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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