CVE-2025-68456

Unauthenticated Craft CMS users can trigger a database backup

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Jan 5, 2026
Updated: Jan 6, 2026
Reserved: Dec 17, 2025

Description

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. In versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 and 3.0.0 through 4.16.16, unauthenticated users can trigger database backup operations via specific admin actions, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or information disclosure. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue. Craft 3 users should update to the latest Craft 4 and 5 releases, which include the fixes.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.0 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-202 Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cmscraftcms	>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.21Affected >= 3.0.0, < 4.16.17Affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.