CVE-2025-23209 (GCVE-0-2025-23209)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-18 00:32 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55
VLAI?
Title
Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
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Nomenclature
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