DoraCMS Mass Assignment via API Key Update Endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-915.
Summary
DoraCMS through 3.1.0 contains a mass assignment flaw in the PUT /api/v1/user/api-keys/:id endpoint, tracked as CWE-915. An authenticated low-privileged user can rebind their own API key to another user's account by setting the userId field. The attacker then acts as the victim to modify profiles and publish or delete content. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
DoraCMS through 3.1.0 contains a mass assignment vulnerability in the PUT /api/v1/user/api-keys/:id endpoint that allows authenticated low-privileged users to rebind their API key to another user's account. Attackers can set the userId field on their own key to a victim's id, then act as that victim to modify profiles and publish or delete content.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for DoraCMS.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120448
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-x998-w6fg-m92w
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-02 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
More doramart vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20911 DoraCMS <= 3.1 UEditor Remote Image Fetch SSRF CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-120448 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120448 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x998-w6fg-m92w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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