High severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-88959
Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 fails to enforce role-based access control in admin user-management endpoints, allowing any authenticated low-privilege user to create administrator accounts or modify existing ones. Attackers with editor or user roles can POST directly to admin/users/add or admin/users/edit endpoints to create new administrator accounts or change the existing administrator's password, gaining full administrative access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Anchor CMS · anchorcms
through 0.12.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88959
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88959
gist.github.com
https://gist.github.com/bozorovab2009-spec/57931237f774b78333f8fe47e84ec4aa
github.com
https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms
github.com
https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/blob/0.12.7/anchor/routes/users.php
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anchor-cms-through-0.12.7-privilege-escalation-via-missing-authorization-on-admin-user-management-endpoints
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