Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged Craft CMS user
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DeliveryEnumerate or guess private assetId integers
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ExploitPOST controlled assetId to assets/preview-file endpoint
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ExecutionReceive unauthorized previewHtml response containing private image route
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ImpactExtract private assetId and preview metadata
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 | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated session for a low-privileged user account (PR:L per CVSS vector) on a Craft CMS installation that meets two conditions: it must have at least one private asset volume with restricted view permissions, and at least one authenticated user whose |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N, score 5.3) accurately characterizes this as a moderate-severity, network-accessible information disclosure requiring low-privilege authentication with no integrity or availability impact. No EPSS data was provided in available intelligence sources. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV and no POC has been identified, making this a low-urgency issue in the absence of active exploitation signals. Real-world risk is meaningful only to organizations using Craft CMS with private/restricted asset volumes and multi-privilege user environments; single-tenant or fully public installations face no practical exposure. The CVSS score is consistent with the actual impact - no code execution, privilege escalation, or data modification is possible. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privileged Craft CMS user (e.g., a contributor account with no volume view permission) issues POST requests to the |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 22, 2026
Authorization bypass in Craft CMS's assets/preview-file endpoint exposes private asset preview content to authenticated low-privileged users who lack view permission on the targeted asset. Affected installations running Craft CMS 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.17.7 or 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.9.13 with mixed-privilege users and private assets are vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure of preview HTML and private asset image routes. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing has been identified; patches are available in versions 4.17.8 and 5.9.14.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Craft CMS to version 5.9.14 (5.x branch) or 4.17.8 (4.x branch), which introduce the missing per-asset authorization checks in the actionPreviewFile() controller method via patch commits d30df3112220db1ffd6726a3ed11857014c7fb27 and b1cddf72c98a66801beb04ea4b07e72182b7b7db. The vendor advisory is at https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-44px-qjjc-xrhq. If immediate patching is not feasible and the installation hosts private assets with mixed-privilege users, consider restricting access to the assets/preview-file route at the web server or reverse proxy layer for all but fully trusted user tiers - note this will break legitimate asset preview functionality for low-privileged users. Vendor-released patch: 5.9.14 / 4.17.8.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified under CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key): the actionPreviewFile() method in src/controllers/AssetsController.php accepted a caller-supplied assetId parameter and rendered preview output without first verifying that the requesting user held viewAssets or viewPeerAssets permission on the relevant volume. The commit patch (d30df3112220db1ffd6726a3ed11857014c7fb27) confirms the fix adds $this->requireVolumePermissionByAsset('viewAssets', $asset) and $this->requirePeerVolumePermissionByAsset('viewPeerAssets', $asset) gating calls. The affected Composer package is craftcms/cms (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), covering both the 4.x and 5.x major release lines from their respective release-candidate origins.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-accessible endpoint requires low-privilege authentication (PR:L); impact is limited to low confidentiality disclosure of private asset metadata with no integrity, availability, or scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
Craft CMS versions >= 5.0.0-RC1, <= 5.9.13 and >= 4.0.0-RC1, <= 4.17.7 contain an authorization bypass in the assets/preview-file endpoint. The action does not enforce per-asset view authorization before returning preview content, allowing an authenticated low-privileged user to supply a controlled assetId for an asset they are not permitted to view and still receive preview response data (previewHtml), including a private preview image route containing the target private assetId. Fixed in 5.9.14 and 4.17.8.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-38179
GHSA-f4h3-qhg5-j6mq
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