CVE-2026-55212: Pimcore: Insufficient Permission Check on Class Definition Creation Endpoint Allows Privilege Escalation
The Studio API class definition creation endpoint in pimcore/studio-backend-bundle is guarded by the objects permission instead of the classes permission, allowing any standard editor-level user to create class definitions without admin privileges. Class definition creation is a structural admin operation that generates new database tables and PHP class files on the server. Additionally, the API layer performs no format validation on the uid field before passing it to the model layer, relying solely on model-level validation that exists downstream in ClassDefinition::saveClassInternal().
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-f97c-ph8j-8vff
- github.com/pimcore/pimcore/security/advisories/GHSA-f97c-ph8j-8vff
- github.com/pimcore/studio-backend-bundle/commit/d1a4788c0f159c360d550c34256c8abbbd633ae0
- github.com/pimcore/studio-backend-bundle/pull/1886
- github.com/pimcore/studio-backend-bundle/releases/tag/v2025.4.6
- github.com/pimcore/studio-backend-bundle/releases/tag/v2026.1.6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55212
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