# CVE-2026-32267: Craft CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation/Bypass through UsersController-\>actionImpersonateWithToken()

- Also known as: GHSA-CC7P-2J3X-X7XF
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.17.6, 5.9.12
- Published: 2026-03-16 · Updated: 2026-03-18

## Affected

- craftcms cms: from 4.0.0-RC1, fixed in 4.17.6; from 5.0.0-RC1, fixed in 5.9.12
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 4.0.0-RC1, fixed in 4.17.6
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 5.0.0-RC1, fixed in 5.9.12

## Description

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.6 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.12, a low-privilege user (or an unauthenticated user who has been sent a shared URL) can escalate their privileges to admin by abusing UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.6 and 5.9.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on craftcms cms, craftcms/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (4.17.6, 5.9.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cc7p-2j3x-x7xf
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6301e217c5f15617d939c432cb770db50af14b33

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