ghsa-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-08-08 19:32
Modified
2025-08-11 13:56
Severity ?
5.2 (Medium) - 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
Summary
Craft CMS has a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209
Details

Pre-requisites:

  • Have a compromised security key (https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret)
  • Somehow, manage to create an arbitrary file in Craft’s /storage/backups folder.

With those two pieces in place, you could create a specific, malicious request to the /updater/restore-db endpoint to execute CLI commands remotely.

Fixed in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57

Reported by Marco O. (segfault)

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "craftcms/cms"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.13.8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.16.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "craftcms/cms"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.5.8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.8.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54417"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-08T19:32:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-09T02:15:37Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "**Pre-requisites:**\n\n* Have a compromised security key (https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret)\n* Somehow, manage to create an arbitrary file in Craft\u2019s `/storage/backups` folder.\n\nWith those two pieces in place, you could create a specific, malicious request to the `/updater/restore-db` endpoint to execute CLI commands remotely.\n\nFixed in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57\n\n-----\n\nReported by Marco O. (segfault)",
  "id": "GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw",
  "modified": "2025-08-11T13:56:16Z",
  "published": "2025-08-08T19:32:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23209"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54417"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Craft CMS has a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209"
}


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