Craft is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 4.17.3 and 5.9.7, Craft CMS has a CSRF issue in the preview token endpoint at /actions/preview/create-token. The endpoint accepts an attacker-supplied previewToken. Because the action does not require POST and does not enforce a CSRF token, an attacker can force a logged-in victim editor to mint a preview token chosen by the attacker. That token can then be used by the attacker (without authentication) to access previewed/unpublished content tied to the victim’s authorized preview scope. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.17.3 and 5.9.7.

Affected: Packagist: craftcms/cms

# Summary

Craft CMS has a CSRF issue in the preview token endpoint at `/actions/preview/create-token`. The endpoint accepts an attacker-supplied `previewToken`.

Because the action does not require POST and does not enforce a CSRF token, an attacker can force a logged-in victim editor to mint a preview token chosen by the attacker.

That token can then be used by the attacker (without authentication) to access previewed/unpublished content tied to the victim’s authorized preview scope.

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## Preconditions - Victim is logged in to Craft control panel. - Victim has active preview authorization in session for target content (e.g., opened/edited an entry). - The attacker must know the target’s `canonicalId` and public URL path of that entry.

## 1) Attacker prepares a fixed token Use any 32-character value, for example: ```text aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ```

## 2) CSRF victim into minting that token Send the victim a link (or top-level redirect) such as: ```text https://TARGET/actions/preview/create-token?elementType=craft%5Celements%5CEntry&canonicalId=123&siteId=1&previewToken=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&redirect=https%3A%2F%2FTARGET%2F ```

If the victim is logged in and authorized for `previewElement:123`, Craft creates that exact token.

## 3) Attacker accesses preview content unauthenticated ```bash curl -i 'https://TARGET/news/known-entry-slug?token=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' ```

Expected vulnerable behavior:

- Response renders preview/unpublis…