Mautic API Authorization Bypass Allows Cross-User Resource Access

An authorization bypass vulnerability exists in the Mautic 7 API v2 endpoints (utilizing API Platform). Under certain conditions, roles configured with owner-scope restrictions (such as `viewown` or `editown`) are not properly enforced. This allows low-privilege authenticated API users to bypass ownership-logic controls and access or modify resources belonging to other users.

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Analysis

CVE-2026-9808 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in Mautic 7's API v2 endpoints that undermines role-based access controls designed to restrict users to their own resources. When API Platform processes requests from low-privilege authenticated users, owner-scope restrictions (viewown, editown) fail to enforce properly, enabling attackers to access or modify data belonging to other users. This matters because it transforms a low-privilege account into a lateral movement vector within multi-tenant or shared Mautic deployments. Organizations running Mautic 7 with role-based governance—particularly those managing sensitive customer data, campaigns, or contacts—face data exposure and integrity risks. Any authenticated user can exploit this, making it a critical privilege escalation path for insider threats or compromised low-privilege accounts.

Casky's 261 matched skills use Claude's extended reasoning to detect the attack patterns underlying this vulnerability across MITRE ATT&CK's Privilege Escalation (TA0004) and Credential Access (TA0006) techniques. Practitioners using Casky will surface findings showing suspicious API calls where low-privilege accounts request resources by ID without ownership validation, anomalous cross-user data access patterns in API logs, and authorization decisions that bypass scope checks. The platform maps these indicators to specific API Platform weaknesses and role-enforcement failures, helping security teams identify which endpoints are exploitable, which roles are vulnerable, and which user accounts have attempted or succeeded in unauthorized access—enabling rapid remediation before data exfiltration occurs.

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261 Casky skills cover this attack pattern

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

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