CVE-2026-28696

Craft is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1, the GraphQL directive @parseRefs, intended to parse internal reference tags (e.g., {user:1:email}), can be abused by both authenticated users and unauthenticated guests (if a Public Schema is enabled) to access sensitive attributes of any element in the CMS. The implementation in Elements::parseRefs fails to perform authorization checks, allowing attackers to read data they are not authorized to view. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/4d98a07e47580f1712095825d3e3c4d67bc9f8b9	Patch
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-7x43-mpfg-r9wj	Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:rc1::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-03-04 17:16

Updated : 2026-03-05 19:54

NVD link : CVE-2026-28696

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28696

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28696

JSON object : View

Products Affected

craftcms

craft_cms

CWE

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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