# CVE-2026-50282: Craft CMS: Unauthorized Deletion of Destination Folders During Forced Moves

- Also known as: GHSA-3W32-23WJ-RXG3
- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.9.21, 4.17.14
- Published: 2026-07-02 · Updated: 2026-07-02

## Affected

- craftcms cms: from 5.0.0-RC1, fixed in 5.9.21; from 4.0.0-RC1, through 4.17.14
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 5.0.0-RC1, fixed in 5.9.21
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 4.0.0-RC1, fixed in 4.17.14

## Description

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). Versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above, prior to 5.9.21 and versions 4.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 4.17.14 contain an authorization issue where a forced folder move can delete a conflicting destination folder without destination delete permission. Function craft\\controllers\\AssetsController::actionMoveFolder() supports moving an asset folder into a destination parent folder. If a folder with the same name already exists at the destination, the action can be called with force=true to overwrite the destination. This issue has been resolved in versions 5.9.21 and 4.17.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on craftcms cms, craftcms/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (5.9.21, 4.17.14) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-3w32-23wj-rxg3

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