GHSA-86vw-x4ww-x467High

Craft CMS: RCE via missing cleanseConfig in FieldsController::actionRenderCardPreview

Published
July 9, 2026
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-56382 →

📋 Description

The actionRenderCardPreview() method in FieldsController passes the fieldLayoutConfig POST parameter directly to Fields::createLayout() without calling Component::cleanseConfig(). This allows Yii2 event handler injection via on eventName keys in the config array, leading to arbitrary code execution.

This is the same vulnerability pattern that was fixed in GHSA-4484-8v2f-5748 (same file, _fldComponent method correctly uses cleanseConfig), GHSA-qx2q-q59v-wf3j (EntryTypesController), and GHSA-2fph-6v5w-89hh (ElementIndexesController).

PoC

As an admin user with a valid session:

POST /admin/actions/fields/render-card-preview HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: CraftSessionId=<session>

fieldLayoutConfig[on+init]=phpinfo&CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN=<token>

When the FieldLayout object is constructed, Yii2 processes the on init key as an event handler registration. During Component::init(), the init event is triggered, calling phpinfo(). The phpinfo output (which includes environment variables, potentially containing database credentials and CRAFT_SECURITY_KEY) will appear in the response.

Impact

An authenticated admin can achieve RCE through Yii2 event handler injection. While this requires admin access (same as GHSA-4484-8v2f-5748, which was rated moderate), it allows arbitrary PHP function execution and information disclosure via phpinfo.

🎯 Affected products1

  • composer/craftcms/cms:>= 5.5.0, <= 5.9.13

🔗 References (4)