# CVE-2026-54623: django CMS: Plugin move endpoint allows cyclic reparenting (DoS)

- Also known as: GHSA-8JJ7-4V57-FRF5, PYSEC-2026-3822
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.8
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-20

## Affected

- django-cms: fixed in 5.0.8
- django-cms (PyPI): fixed in 5.0.8

## Description

django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8, the move_plugin endpoint in cms/admin/placeholderadmin.py accepts an attacker-controlled plugin_parent value without rejecting a plugin’s own identifier or a descendant identifier. A staff user with plugin-change permission under CMS_PERMISSION can create a parent_id cycle in the plugin tree. The _get_descendants_cte and _get_ancestors_cte queries in cms/models/pluginmodel.py have no cycle guard, so get_descendants() and later rendering, copy, or delete operations can recurse indefinitely or reach a database recursion limit, corrupting the tree and consuming request workers. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-8jj7-4v57-frf5
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8645
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/7642a98ab3170793c0b27b4125dd1f3d318b8a1c
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.0.8

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