GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw
Aliases
Published
2025-08-08T19:32:50Z
Modified
2025-08-11T14:33:27.150148Z
Severity
  • 5.2 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
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)

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-08T19:32:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-09T02:15:37Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / craftcms/cms

Package

Name
craftcms/cms
Purl
pkg:composer/craftcms/cms

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.13.8
Fixed
4.16.3

Affected versions

4.*
4.13.8
4.13.9
4.13.10
4.14.0
4.14.0.1
4.14.0.2
4.14.1
4.14.2
4.14.3
4.14.4
4.14.5
4.14.6
4.14.7
4.14.8
4.14.8.1
4.14.9
4.14.10
4.14.11
4.14.11.1
4.14.12
4.14.13
4.14.14
4.14.15
4.15.0-beta.1
4.15.0-beta.2
4.15.0
4.15.0.1
4.15.0.2
4.15.1
4.15.2
4.15.3
4.15.4
4.15.5
4.15.6
4.15.6.1
4.15.6.2
4.15.7
4.16.0
4.16.1
4.16.2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw.json"

Packagist / craftcms/cms

Package

Name
craftcms/cms
Purl
pkg:composer/craftcms/cms

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.8
Fixed
5.8.4

Affected versions

5.*
5.5.8
5.5.9
5.5.10
5.6.0
5.6.0.1
5.6.0.2
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
5.6.4
5.6.5
5.6.5.1
5.6.6
5.6.7
5.6.8
5.6.9
5.6.9.1
5.6.10
5.6.10.1
5.6.10.2
5.6.11
5.6.12
5.6.13
5.6.14
5.6.15
5.6.16
5.6.17
5.7.0-beta.1
5.7.0-beta.2
5.7.0
5.7.1
5.7.1.1
5.7.2
5.7.3
5.7.4
5.7.5
5.7.6
5.7.7
5.7.8
5.7.8.1
5.7.8.2
5.7.9
5.7.10
5.7.11
5.8.0
5.8.1
5.8.2
5.8.3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw.json"