CVE-2026-120429

Description

Camaleon CMS before 2.9.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in Admin::MediaController that allows low-privileged authenticated users to bypass the role-based Media permission. Attackers can POST to /admin/media/upload to store files, read private media via download_private_file, and use crop with saved_avatar to change other users' avatars.

References

• https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/2.9.1/app/controllers/camaleon_cms/admin/media_controller.rb
• https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/commit/7fe4fa0bf99256dfe32b5f674baf4f771606549e
• https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/pull/1147
• https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/releases/tag/2.9.2
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/camaleon-cms-before-2.9.2-missing-authorization-via-admin-mediacontroller