Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap

Summary EntriesController::actionSaveEntry performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model. The subsequent author mutation path accepts attacker-supplied authors / author parameters and allows the change when the current user is one of the o...

CVE-2026-50279

Craft CMS is a content management system CMS. IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. The subsequent author...

CVE-2026-50279 Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap

Craft CMS is a content management system CMS. IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. The subsequent author...

CVE-2026-50279 Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap

Craft CMS is a content management system CMS. IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for authorship spoofing. The subsequent author...