Craft CMS · Craft CMS · Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability
Verdict
Patch soon · actively exploited, not reachable unauthenticated from the internet, and in the top 5% of CVEs by near-term exploitation probability
Added to CISA KEV 2025-02-20 · exploited in the wild for 584 days
CVSS 8.0 HIGH. The score is a summary; these three components are the part that decides whether something scanning the internet can use it.
| Attack vector | networkreachable over the network, with no local access needed |
|---|---|
| Privileges required | lowneeds some credentials, so a fully anonymous attacker cannot reach it directly |
| User interaction | requiredneeds a user to click, load or submit something first |
| Base vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
This describes the vulnerability. It says nothing about whether your systems run it.
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.2178, which places it in the top 5% of all tracked CVEs. The percentile is the more useful half: 0.18 in absolute terms sounds low until you know most of the internet-facing software in the world scores under that.
| EPSS probability | 0.2178 |
|---|---|
| Percentile | 0.976 — top 5% |
| Added to KEV | 2025-02-20 |
|---|---|
| Days exploited | 584 |
| Federal remediation due | not set |
| Ransomware use | no known ransomware campaign use |
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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.