CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-27198

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-02-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-02-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). In versions 2.0.0 through 2.3.3, the application fails to properly enforce role-based authorization during account creation. Although the system validates that the specified role exists, it does not verify whether the current user has sufficient privileges to assign highly privileged roles such as admin. As a result, an authenticated user with the editor role can create a new account with administrative privileges, leading to full administrative access and complete compromise of the CMS. This issue has been fixed in version 2.3.4.

Affected configurations

• formwork project formwork (>= 2.0.0 < 2.3.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References