Protected page manipulation via unchecked destination move
Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026
Missing authorization in ApostropheCMS before 4.32.0 allows remote authenticated users to move pages into restricted subtrees. The page move() guard applies the destination parent's _create check only when oldParent is the archive, so ordinary moves accept attacker-controlled _targetId and _position values. An editor or contributor who controls one page can cross a configured role boundary, relocate that page, and make nudgeNewPeers() re-rank protected siblings.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in ApostropheCMS before 4.32.0 allows remote authenticated users to move pages into restricted subtrees. The page move() guard applies the destination parent's _create check only when oldParent is the archive, so ordinary moves accept attacker-controlled _targetId and _position values. An editor or contributor who controls one page can cross a configured role boundary, relocate that page, and make nudgeNewPeers() re-rank protected siblings.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63669
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Vendor
- ApostropheCMS
- Product
- ApostropheCMS
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-639, T1565
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.32.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream ApostropheCMS page-move proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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