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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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pagekit:pagekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Pagekit
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Vendors & Products Pagekit
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Pagekit CMS 1.0.18 Privilege Escalation via UserApiController
Weaknesses CWE-862
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T21:34:31.734Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T15:58:58.537Z

Link: CVE-2026-57518

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-26T18:14:31.926Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-26T23:00:08Z

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