craftcms/cms · Security
CraftCMS's `ElementSearchController` Affected by Blind SQL Injection
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-g7j6-fmwx-7vp8
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-31858
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 8.7 · 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
Description
The ElementSearchController::actionSearch() endpoint is missing the unset() protection that
was added to ElementIndexesController in GHSA-2453-mppf-46cj.
The exact same SQL injection vulnerability (including criteria[orderBy], the original advisory vector) works on this controller because the fix was never applied to it.
Any authenticated control panel user (no admin required) can inject arbitrary SQL via criteria[where],
criteria[orderBy], or other query properties, and extract the full database contents via boolean-based blind injection.
Users should update to the patched 5.9.9 release to mitigate the issue.
CWEs
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
References
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2453-mppf-46cj ↗
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-g7j6-fmwx-7vp8 ↗
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e1a3dd669ae31491b86ad996e88a1d30d33d9a42 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31858 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7j6-fmwx-7vp8 ↗