Low-privilege RCE through element-search eager loading
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-470Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A remote, authenticated, non-admin Craft CMS Control Panel user with only the accessCp permission can execute operating system commands as the PHP web worker.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00649 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed cms (craftcms): 5.10.13
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cms (craftcms) Fixed in 5.10.13
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79987
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpmm-w3hp-7f39
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Craft CMS vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23503 Craft CMS Allows Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-37138 RCE when PHP `register_argc_argv` config setting is enabled in craftcms/cms KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-16994 Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-24595 Craft CMS stores user-provided content in session files KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2023-22284 Craft CMS Remote Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-25171 Craft CMS up to v3.7.31 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the GraphQL API endpoint. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-79987 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-79987 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpmm-w3hp-7f39 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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