Instatic before 0.0.21 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in handleRowAuthor that allows authenticated users to skip…
CVE-2026-125398
Instatic before 0.0.21 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in handleRowAuthor that allows authenticated users to skip table-level access checks by loading rows with getDataRow() instead of loadRowForAccess(). Attackers holding content.edit.any but lacking data.system.tables.read can send PATCH requests to /admin/api/cms/data/rows/:id/author to read system-table rows and reassign their authors.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.1 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 9 November 2026
- Last updated
- 9 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/security/advisories/GHSA-m425-wmrc-4v4v
- https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/commit/ff1e51eb59c860864fa24e8c3e2716b56314f3ad
- https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/releases/tag/v0.0.21
- https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/blob/v0.0.20/server/handlers/cms/data/rows.ts#L378-L398
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/instatic-before-0.0.21-authorization-bypass-via-row-author-reassignment-endpoint
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