01 Record
CVE-2026-88959
Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-11.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-10 15:44Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-24 14:21Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2256c0ad225e595a959930e626bf05d9914e799ddeae6f71f1888783527aafa0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- gist.github.comAnchor CMS 0.12.7 - Missing Authorization / Privilege Escalationhttps://gist.github.com/bozorovab2009-spec/57931237f774b78333f8fe47e84ec4aa
- github.comanchor/routes/users.php at 0.12.7https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/blob/0.12.7/anchor/routes/users.php
- github.comProducthttps://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpointshttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anchor-cms-through-0.12.7-privilege-escalation-via-missing-authorization-on-admin-user-management-endpoints