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CVE-2026-113649: ApostropheCMS: Import API bypasses publication roles for protected content

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 3.7.1 of the import-export module and 4.34.0 of core ApostropheCMS, an editor who can import an enabled content type but lacks its stronger publication role can cause import write helpers to create, replace, or remove published variants without the normal publish permission and lifecycle checks. This issue is fixed in import-export 3.7.1 and ApostropheCMS 4.34.0.

Affected products

• apostrophecms apostrophe: before 4.34.0
• @apostrophecms import-export: before 3.7.1

References

• https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/06e4b377f3c360f9e89c32dccd7e505ad5ddf498
• https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/40b989b1a9dd23d30029b8ce7668634265cfe5ea
• https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/@apostrophecms/import-export@3.7.1
• https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.34.0
• https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-7pfq-vp65

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