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GHSA-37QX-6JV9-FFQV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-02 15:34 – Updated: 2026-09-02 15:34

Details

The vulnerability allows any authenticated user to change their own password without providing the current password or having an active elevated session. It also allows the attacker to change other users’ passwords if the attacker’s account has Edit users permission (which doesn’t allow changing others’ passwords) and lacks Administrate users permission (which is required to change others’ passwords).

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-79989 (GCVE-0-2026-79989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 14:11 – Updated: 2026-09-02 17:51

Title

Arbitrary user password reset leading to administrator account takeover

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-02 17:51 UTC

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

Hackrate icscert root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-ZDSZJH	third-party-advisorytechnical-descriptionmitigation
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.10.8	release-notes
https://github.com/craftcms/cms	product
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8x7-9vfw-p7vc	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
craftcms	cms	Affected: 5.0.0-RC1 , < 5.10.8 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:cms::::::::

Credits

Mohammed Hesham (@he4am) Hackrate

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GHSA-37QX-6JV9-FFQV

CVE-2026-79989 (GCVE-0-2026-79989)

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