CVE-2025-23209
Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Jan 18, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 13, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cmscraftcms |
|
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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-23209government-resource
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