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CVE-2026-50284: Craft CMS: Missing peer-permission check in `AssetsController::actionDeleteFolder` allows deletion of other users' assets

July 2, 2026

AssetsController::actionDeleteFolder() only requires the deleteAssets:<volume-uid> permission for the target folder. It never enforces deletePeerAssets:<volume-uid>, even though Assets::deleteFoldersByIds() cascades deletion to every descendant folder and every asset inside, regardless of who uploaded them. A low-privilege user who has been granted folder-management rights on a shared volume can therefore destroy assets uploaded by other users (peer assets), bypassing the per-asset peer-permission check that the sibling actionDeleteAsset endpoint correctly applies.

This is the same bug class that was just fixed in actionMoveFolder as GHSA-3w32-23wj-rxg3 (commit 05c2042, Apr 23 2026); the fix added requireVolumePermissionByFolder('deletePeerAssets', …) and savePeerAssets checks to the move endpoint but did not propagate to the delete-folder endpoint.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h62-6v23-v8fm
  • github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/b4e08977f0c9bdf002a77f9f6d1346cd55ac0598
  • github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-7h62-6v23-v8fm
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50284

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.0-RC1 before 4.17.15, all versions starting from 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.9.22

Fixed versions

  • 4.17.15
  • 5.9.22

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.17.15, 5.9.22 or above.

Impact 7.7 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

packagist/craftcms/cms/CVE-2026-50284.yml

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