CVE-2026-72785
Auth bug lets low-privilege users reorder categories and change URLs.
Is CVE-2026-72785 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-72785 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-72785?
CVE-2026-72785 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-72785?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-72785. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-72785 affect?
CVE-2026-72785 affects Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.10.5 (fixed in 5.10.6). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-72785?
Upgrade to Craft CMS 5.10.6; restrict viewCategories for untrusted users.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Users with only viewCategories can reorder/re-parent categories, changing URIs and descendant URLs, corrupting navigation, breaking links and SEO; persistent taxonomy modification.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 5.0.0-RC1 and < 5.10.6
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.