# CVE-2026-54244: Statamic: Incorrect authorization lets view-only users submit Live Preview content reserved for editors

- Also known as: GHSA-7MQQ-4V55-88GH
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.74.0, 6.20.3
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- statamic cms: fixed in 5.74.0; from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.20.3
- statamic/cms (Packagist): fixed in 5.74.0
- statamic/cms (Packagist): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.20.3

## Description

Statamic is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). Prior to 5.74.0 and 6.20.3, the Live Preview endpoint for existing entries and terms in src/Http/Controllers/CP/PreviewController.php only checked view authorization, but it accepts and renders caller-supplied field values. A Control Panel user with view but not edit permission could therefore submit content they were not authorized to author and generate a shareable Live Preview URL rendering it. This issue is fixed in versions 5.74.0 and 6.20.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on statamic cms, statamic/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (5.74.0, 6.20.3) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/statamic/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqq-4v55-88gh
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/pull/14791
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/commit/87b9998f4d9e40de53346402ccf6eb3c17ba168f
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/releases/tag/v5.74.0
- https://github.com/statamic/cms/releases/tag/v6.20.3

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