Craft contains a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209_CVE-2025-54417

5.2 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Description

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. Versions 4.13.8 through 4.16.2 and 5.5.8 through 5.8.3 contain a vulnerability that can bypass CVE-2025-23209: "Craft CMS has a potential RCE with a compromised security key". To exploit this vulnerability, the project must meet these requirements: have a compromised security key and create an arbitrary file in Craft's /storage/backups folder. With those criteria in place, attackers could create a specific, malicious request to the /updater/restore-db endpoint and execute CLI commands remotely. This issue is fixed in versions 4.16.3 and 5.8.4.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-54417

Source GitHub_M

Published Aug 9, 2025 at 01:31

Affected Product

Vendor craftcms

Product cms

Version >= 4.13.8, < 4.16.3

Affected Versions craftcms cms >= 4.13.8, < 4.16.3
craftcms cms >= 5.5.8, < 5.8.4

CWE Classification

CWE-94

References

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