CVE-2026-35182: Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: yes
Published: 2026-04-06 · updated 2026-07-24
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Brave CMS is an open-source CMS. Prior to 2.0.6, this vulnerability is a missing authorization check found in the update role endpoint at routes/web.php. The POST route for /rights/update-role/{id} lacks the checkUserPermissions:assign-user-roles middleware. This allows any authenticated user to change account roles and promote themselves to Super Admin. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.6.

Affected products

Ajax30 BraveCMS-2.0: from 2.0.0 before 2.0.6 — fixed in 2.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ajax30 BraveCMS-2.0 2.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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