CVE-2026-125398
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-10 00:17:14.070000
Last modified
2026-11-10 00:17:14.070000
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"id": "CVE-2026-125398",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-10T00:17:14.070",
"lastModified": "2026-11-10T00:17:14.070",
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}
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{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"vendor": "CoreBunch",
"product": "Instatic",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/blob/v0.0.20/server/handlers/cms/data/rows.ts#L378-L398",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/commit/ff1e51eb59c860864fa24e8c3e2716b56314f3ad",
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"url": "https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/releases/tag/v0.0.21",
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"url": "https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic/security/advisories/GHSA-m425-wmrc-4v4v",
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