CVE-2026-33549 Privilege escalation in SPIP

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

Attackers can gain administrator privileges by exploiting STATUT mishandling during author data editing in SPIP CMS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-33549?

CVE-2026-33549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spip Spip, published on 22 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

SPIP 4.4.10 through 4.4.12 before 4.4.13 allows unintended privilege assignment (of administrator privileges) during the editing of an author data structure because of STATUT mishandling.

Weakness: CWE-688

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33549?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Spip Spip.

How do I fix CVE-2026-33549?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-33549 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Spip Spip vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33549, DSA-6174-1, GHSA-x592-5gwh-wjg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33549.

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