Craft CMS up to 5.10.5 Structures Controller StructuresController.php StructuresController.moveElement structureEditable privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Craft CMS up to 5.10.5. This impacts the function StructuresController.moveElement of the file src/controllers/StructuresController.php of the component Structures Controller. The manipulation of the argument structureEditable leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-72785. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Craft CMS up to 5.10.5. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function StructuresController.moveElement of the file src/controllers/StructuresController.php of the component Structures Controller. The manipulation of the argument structureEditable with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A control-panel user holding only the viewCategories permission (without saveCategories) for a category group can permanently modify that group's category structure — reordering and re-parenting categories — via the structures/move-element action. The structureEditable flag is computed from the view permission rather than the save permission, and the StructuresController authorizes the mutating action on that read-time session grant without a save re-check. Because a category's URI is derived from its position in the structure, moving a category changes its URL and those of its descendants and can corrupt navigation menus built from the category taxonomy. The issue is fixed in 5.10.6.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-72785 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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Upgrading to version 5.10.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

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• Craft CMS

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• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5

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• free

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