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.
History

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms
Vendors & Products Craftcms
Craftcms craft Cms

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Craft contains a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.2, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-09T01:31:23.974Z

Updated: 2025-08-11T13:38:51.609Z

Reserved: 2025-07-21T23:18:10.281Z

Link: CVE-2025-54417

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-11T13:38:26.737Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-09T02:15:37.550

Modified: 2025-08-11T18:32:48.867

Link: CVE-2025-54417

cve-icon Redhat

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