CVE-2026-123488: craftcms cms (Critical, CVSS 9.3)
- CVSS
- 9.3 Critical (v4.0)
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 41.3% of CVEs)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not on CISA’s KEV list
- Public exploit
- Yes, reported in 1 GitHub repository
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Published
- Nov 6, 2026
What it is
Craft CMS 4.0.0 before 4.18.9 and 5.0.0 before 5.11.2 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the element search endpoint because the attribute parameter is concatenated into the query unsanitized and emulated PDO prepares allow stacked statements. Remote attackers can read and write the database, setting the admin flag or overwriting password hashes in the users table to gain administrator access.
Description from the National Vulnerability Database.
What to do
Check whether you run craftcms cms, then apply the vendor’s fix or mitigation from the advisories below. Because this flaw is exploited or has public exploit code, treat it as urgent and check for signs of compromise, not just the patch level.
Sources: NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, and public exploit databases (availability only). ThreatRoundup reports whether public exploit code exists but never links to it: fake proof-of-concepts that infect security researchers are common. This page updates automatically.