Craft CMS has an authorization bypass which allows any control panel user to move entries without permissions
The advisory, in context
Summary
An authenticated control panel user with only accessCp can move entries across sections via POST /actions/entries/move-to-section, even when they do not have saveEntries:{sectionUid} permission for either source or destination section.
Details
Root-cause analysis
- actionMoveToSection accepts sectionId and entryIds, loads entries, and iterates:
Craft::$app->getEntries()->moveEntryToSection($entry, $section). - The endpoint does not enforce per-entry or per-section authorization checks.
moveEntryToSection()also does not enforce current-user authorization.- There is a permission check in
actionMoveToSectionModalDatafor building UI options, but that check is not enforced in the actual endpoint. - Therefore, a direct POST request can bypass UI filtering and perform unauthorized entry moves.
Impact
- This is an authorization bypass permitting unauthorized content changes.
- Authenticated low-privileged control panel users can move entries they should not be able to manage, violating integrity and potentially disrupting routing/editorial controls.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
From 5.3.0 before 5.9.14
Fixed in 5.9.14
122 explicitly affected versions
5.3.0, 5.3.0.1, 5.3.0.2, 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6, 5.4.0, 5.4.0.1, 5.4.1, 5.4.10, 5.4.10.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.5.1, 5.4.6, 5.4.7, 5.4.7.1, 5.4.8, 5.4.9, 5.5.0, 5.5.0.1, 5.5.1, 5.5.1.1, 5.5.10, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.6.1, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.5.9, 5.6.0, 5.6.0.1, 5.6.0.2, 5.6.1, 5.6.10, 5.6.10.1, 5.6.10.2, 5.6.11, 5.6.12, 5.6.13, 5.6.14, 5.6.15, 5.6.16, 5.6.17, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.6.4, 5.6.5, 5.6.5.1, 5.6.6, 5.6.7, 5.6.8, 5.6.9, 5.6.9.1, 5.7.0, 5.7.0-beta.1, 5.7.0-beta.2, 5.7.1, 5.7.1.1, 5.7.10, 5.7.11, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.5, 5.7.6, 5.7.7, 5.7.8, 5.7.8.1, 5.7.8.2, 5.7.9, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.10, 5.8.11, 5.8.12, 5.8.13, 5.8.13.1, 5.8.13.2, 5.8.14, 5.8.15, 5.8.16, 5.8.17, 5.8.18, 5.8.19, 5.8.2, 5.8.20, 5.8.21, 5.8.22, 5.8.23, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.7, 5.8.8, 5.8.9, 5.9.0, 5.9.0-beta.1, 5.9.0-beta.2, 5.9.1, 5.9.10, 5.9.11, 5.9.12, 5.9.13, 5.9.2, 5.9.3, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, 5.9.6, 5.9.7, 5.9.8, 5.9.9
View affected-version evidence
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