Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as editor with page edit rights
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ExploitInvoke same-parent page move on nested page
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ImpactReorder restricted-parent sibling ranks without create authorization
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated user with legitimate editor-level edit rights (PR:L) on a pre-existing ordinary page that is already nested under a restricted parent. The non-default nesting arrangement MUST already exist - the flaw cannot create it. Exploitation is performed specifically through the same-parent page move operation, which fails to enforce create authorization on the parent. Limiting factors: valid editor credentials are mandatory, the restricted nesting must be pre-configured (non-default), and impact is confined to changing sibling ordering/ranks - not arbitrary content modification, data disclosure, or creation of the restricted nesting. |
| Impact | This is a low-to-moderate priority authorization flaw (CWE-639, IDOR-class) that the CVSS base score of 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) accurately reflects. Although the attack vector is network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), exploitation requires legitimate authenticated editor privileges (PR:L) and, critically, a pre-existing non-default page nesting under a restricted parent - so this is not a broadly weaponizable issue. The impact is explicitly bounded: only low integrity (I:L) from reordering sibling page ranks, with no confidentiality (C:N), no availability (A:N), and no ability to create the restricted nesting or modify arbitrary content. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data; exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' All signals are internally consistent - there is no network-vs-local contradiction, and the limited integrity impact matches the narrow description. This is a defense-in-depth authorization fix rather than an urgent, widely-exploitable vulnerability. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An insider or compromised account holding legitimate editor rights on an ordinary page that already sits under a restricted parent invokes the same-parent page move operation. Because the move path does not re-check create authorization on the parent, the editor reorders the ranks of sibling pages under that restricted parent despite lacking create rights there. No public exploit code is identified; abuse requires existing valid credentials and a pre-existing non-default nesting arrangement. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026
ApostropheCMS before 4.33.0 enables an authenticated editor to alter sibling page ordering under a restricted parent without create authorization on that parent, but only when the nested arrangement already exists. This CWE-639 IDOR-class flaw has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), reflecting low integrity impact, no confidentiality or availability impact, and the editor credential prerequisite. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV active exploitation is indicated in the provided data.
RemediationAI
Upgrade ApostropheCMS to 4.33.0 or later; vendor-released patch: 4.33.0, as documented in https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-2jrp-qc93-h2j8 and https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.33.0. If immediate upgrade is not possible, audit the page tree for ordinary pages nested under restricted parents where editors have edit rights but not create rights, then either temporarily remove editor permissions on those specific pages or relocate them to an unrestricted parent using an account with create authorization; this blocks the same-parent move abuse but can disrupt editorial workflows and site hierarchy. Also monitor move and rank-change operations in audit logs and limit editor accounts to pages they are fully authorized to manage until the patch is applied.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system with a page tree and sibling ordering; the affected CPE string cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:apostrophe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is consistent with the vendor's prior-to-4.33.0 version range. The root cause falls under CWE-639, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key, often described as an IDOR, because the same-parent page move operation relies on user-controlled page references or ranks and fails to enforce create authorization on the parent. Exploitation requires a legitimate editor account with edit rights on a pre-existing ordinary page already nested under a restricted parent, and the non-default nesting must already exist; the flaw cannot create it. Impact is limited to changing sibling rank ordering rather than arbitrary content modification, data disclosure, or creation of the restricted nesting.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable editor action with no UI, but requires authenticated editor rights (PR:L); only low integrity from sibling reordering, no confidentiality or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
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1DescriptionCVE.org
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.33.0, an authenticated editor with legitimate edit rights on a pre-existing ordinary page nested under a restricted parent can use the same-parent page move operation to change sibling ranks without create authorization on that parent. The non-default nesting must already exist, and the bypass is limited to sibling ordering rather than arbitrary content modification, confidentiality loss, or creation of the restricted nesting. This issue is fixed in version 4.33.0.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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