CVE-2026-84795
Registration bug lets attackers inherit admin rights on Craft CMS sites.
Is CVE-2026-84795 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-84795 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 0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-84795?
CVE-2026-84795 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.2. 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-2026-84795?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-84795. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-84795 affect?
CVE-2026-84795 affects Craft CMS < 5.10.11, Sites with public registration and disabled email verification. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-84795?
Upgrade to Craft CMS 5.10.11+; or disable public registration / enable email verification until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attackers can register with a deactivated admin's email to gain administrator privileges when public registration is enabled and email verification is disabled.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 5.0.0-RC1 and < 5.10.11
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.