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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
craftcms/cms
4.13.8 - 4.16.3Packagist
craftcms/craft_cms
4.13.8 - 4.16.3
Published
Aug 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026