Is CVE-2026-72785 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-72785 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-72785?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 11 August 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

craftcms/cms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0-RC1,fixed=5.10.6.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-72785?

Yes. craftcms/cms (Packagist): upgrade to 5.10.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2026-72785 attacked?

It is attacked over the network.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-72785?

Check whether you run craftcms/cms (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-72785: Craft CMS authorization bypass in category structure editing

CVE-2026-72785 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-08-11

Craft CMS is a content management system used to organize and manage website content, including structured category hierarchies. A vulnerability allows users with only read-only access to categories to permanently modify the category structure by reordering and re-parenting categories, which changes category URLs and can break website navigation menus built from the category taxonomy.

Technologies: craftcms/cms (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-72785 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-72785 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-72785?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 11 August 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: craftcms/cms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0-RC1,fixed=5.10.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-72785?: Yes. craftcms/cms (Packagist): upgrade to 5.10.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-72785 attacked?: It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-72785?: Check whether you run craftcms/cms (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

craftcms/cms (Packagist): upgrade to 5.10.6 or later
```
composer require craftcms/cms:^5.10.6
```

Technical details

This is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-863) in Craft CMS versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5. The root cause is that the structureEditable flag is computed from the viewCategories permission rather than the saveCategories permission; when a read-only category index renders, the system calls authorize('editStructure:<structureId>') at read time, and StructuresController then trusts this session grant for the structures/move-element mutation without re-checking write permissions. An authenticated user holding only viewCategories permission can invoke structures/move-element to reorder and re-parent categories. Because category URIs are derived from their position in the structure, moving categories changes their URLs and those of descendants, corrupting navigation built from the taxonomy. The vulnerability is fixed in version 5.10.6.

Affected products

Craft CMS CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5

Identifiers

CVE-2026-72785
GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq

Timeline

2026-07-25: disclosed: GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xxpx-f366-4xpq published
2026-08-11: advisory: CVE-2026-72785 published
2026-08-11: patched: Fix released in version 5.10.6

References

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