Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to versions 4.9.0 and 5.4.0, `pages.access/list` and `files.access/list` permissions are not consistently checked in the Panel and REST API. This issue has been patched in versions 4.9.0 and 5.4.0.

Affected: Packagist: getkirby/cms

### TL;DR

This vulnerability affects all Kirby sites where users of a particular role have no permission to access or list pages or files (`pages.access`, `pages.list`, `files.access` or `files.list` permission is disabled). This can be due to configuration in the user blueprint(s), via `options` in the model blueprint(s) or via a combination of both settings.

**This vulnerability is of high severity for affected sites.**

Consumers' Kirby sites are *not* affected if they intend all users to be able to access all pages and files of the site. The vulnerability can only be exploited by authenticated users. Write actions are *not* affected by this vulnerability.

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### Introduction

Missing authorization allows authenticated users to perform actions they are not intended to have access to.

The effects of missing authorization can include unauthorized access to sensitive information as well as unauthorized changes to content or system information.

### Impact

Kirby's user permissions control which user role is allowed to perform specific actions to content models in the CMS. These permissions are defined for each role in the user blueprint (`site/blueprints/users/...`). It is also possible to customize the permissions for each target model in the model blueprints (such as in `site/blueprints/pages/...`) using the `options` feature. The permissions and options together control the authorization of user actions.

Kirby provides the `pages.access`, `pages.list`, `files.acce…