CVE-2026-88959 - Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints

CVE-2026-88959 - Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-88959
Published : Sept. 10, 2026, 4:18 p.m. | 48 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 8.8 | HIGH
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