CVE-2025-23209: Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Craft CMS
- Product
- Craft CMS
- Added to the catalog
- 2025-02-20
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2025-03-13
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
Craft CMS contains a code injection vulnerability caused by improper validation of the database backup path, ultimately enabling remote code execution.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23209
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-01-18T01:15:07.633
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17T08:52:39.483
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Craft is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. This is an remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that affects Craft 4 and 5 installs where your security key has already been compromised. Anyone running an unpatched version of Craft with a compromised security key is affected. This vulnerability has been patched in Craft 5.5.8 and 4.13.8. Users who cannot update to a patched version, should rotate their security keys and ensure their privacy to help migitgate the issue.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.1 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret (Product)
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e59e22b30c9dd39e5e2c7fe02c147bcbd004e603 (Patch)
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x (Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-23209 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Title (CNA)
- Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2025-01-18T00:32:54.954Z
- Updated
- 2026-02-26T19:09:05.707Z
- Problem types
- CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Craft is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. This is an remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that affects Craft 4 and 5 installs where your security key has already been compromised. Anyone running an unpatched version of Craft with a compromised security key is affected. This vulnerability has been patched in Craft 5.5.8 and 4.13.8. Users who cannot update to a patched version, should rotate their security keys and ensure their privacy to help migitgate the issue.
References
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e59e22b30c9dd39e5e2c7fe02c147bcbd004e603
- https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret
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GitHub Advisory Database
GHSA-x684-96hh-833x: Craft CMS has a potential RCE with a compromised security key
- Severity (GitHub)
- high
- CVSS
- 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Published
- 2025-01-21T19:48:38Z
- Updated
- 2025-10-22T19:27:25Z
- composer craftcms/cms: affected >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.5.5, first patched 5.5.8
- composer craftcms/cms: affected >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.13.8, first patched 4.13.8
### Impact
This is an RCE vulnerability that affects Craft 4 and 5 installs where your security key has already been compromised.
https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret
Anyone running an unpatched version of Craft with a compromised security key is affected.
### Patches
This has been patched in Craft 5.5.8 and 4.13.8.
### Workarounds
If you can't update to a patched version, then rotating your security key and ensuring its privacy will help to migitgate the issue.
### References
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e59e22b30c9dd39e5e2c7fe02c147bcbd004e603
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Also known as / affected packages
GHSA-x684-96hh-833x
Also known as: CVE-2025-23209. OSV.dev record, GitHub advisory.
- Packagist craftcms/cms: introduced 5.0.0-RC1, fixed 5.5.8
- Packagist craftcms/cms: introduced 4.0.0-RC1, fixed 4.13.8
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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Sources and licences
CISA
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National Vulnerability Database (NIST)
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GitHub Advisory Database
Source: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV.dev
GHSA-x684-96hh-833x: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), provided as is, without warranties. Retrieved via OSV.dev (https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x684-96hh-833x), which enriches records; fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.
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Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2025-23209: Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-f50db657157a, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2025-23209 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T08:52:39.483.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-02-26T19:09:05.707Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-x684-96hh-833x, updated 2025-10-22T19:27:25Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-x684-96hh-833x, via OSV.dev, modified 2025-10-22T19:54:46.578925Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.
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