Statamic: Incorrect authorization lets view-only users submit Live Preview content reserved for editors
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Statamic is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). Prior to 5.74.0 and 6.20.3, the Live Preview endpoint for existing entries and terms in src/Http/Controllers/CP/PreviewController.php only checked view authorization, but it accepts and renders caller-supplied field values. A Control Panel user with view but not edit permission could therefore submit content they were not authorized to author and generate a shareable Live Preview URL rendering it. This issue is fixed in versions 5.74.0 and 6.20.3.
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 | before 5.74.0; 6.0.0 to before 6.20.3 | 5.74.0, 6.20.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | statamic/cms (Packagist) | before 5.74.0 | 5.74.0 | Patch available | GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh |
| — | statamic/cms (Packagist) | 6.0.0 to before 6.20.3 | 6.20.3 | Patch available | GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh |
- cms Vendorstatamic Affected before 5.74.0; 6.0.0 to before 6.20.3 Fixed in 5.74.0, 6.20.3 Patch available CNA
- statamic/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.74.0 Fixed in 5.74.0 Patch available GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh
- statamic/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.20.3 Fixed in 6.20.3 Patch available GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cms (statamic) Fixed in 5.74.0, 6.20.3
- Fix · GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh statamic/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 5.74.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh statamic/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 6.20.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54244
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/pull/14791
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/commit/87b9998f4d9e40de53346402ccf6eb3c17ba168f
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/releases/tag/v5.74.0
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/releases/tag/v6.20.3
- https://github.com/statamic/cms
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-2026-54244 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54244 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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