Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026
Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 Privilege Escalation via UserApiController
CVE-2026-57518
Description
Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with the 'user: manage users' permission to escalate privileges by assigning arbitrary custom roles to themselves due to missing authorization checks in UserApiController::saveAction(). Attackers can assign themselves a custom role with the 'system: manage packages' permission and then upload and install a malicious PHP package through the admin package installer to achieve remote code execution.
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References
2- gist.github.com/sermikr0/6f0a67e9d101746fcdb04827de137847mitretechnical-descriptionexploit
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pagekit-cms-privilege-escalation-via-userapicontrollermitrethird-party-advisory
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