Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in craftcms/cms (CVE-2026-56381)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in craftcms/cms (CVE-2026-56381). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via allowAdminChanges. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.8.22 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Craft CMS from version 5.0.0-RC1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the User Permissions page where user group names are rendered without proper HTML escaping. Attackers with admin access can inject arbitrary JavaScript via the user group name field that executes when other users view or edit permissions.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-56381 has been found in craftcms/cms.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like allowAdminChanges over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.8/10.
What to do: upgrade craftcms/cms to 5.8.22 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "craftcms/cms CVE-2026-56381" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-56381 (craftcms/cms) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 4.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Attack surface: allowAdminChanges
Patched: 5.8.22 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in craftcms/cms. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via allowAdminChanges.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of craftcms/cms. Attack surface: allowAdminChanges.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 5.8.22.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'craftcms/cms' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'craftcms/cms' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
craftcms/cmsを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade craftcms/cms to 5.8.22ステージング環境で 5.8.22 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory vulncheck.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
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