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AIKIDO-2025-10004

craftcms/cms is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

Remote Code Execution (RCE)CVE-2025-23209

70

High Risk

This Affects:

phpcraftcms/cms
3.0.0 - 3.9.13
Fixed in 3.9.14
4.0.0 - 4.13.7
Fixed in 4.13.8
5.0.0 - 5.5.7
Fixed in 5.5.8

TL;DR

Affected versions of this package are affected by Remote Code Execution due to a validation bypass in the update workflow via an insecure handle of a user-controlled input when initiating the DB restoring process. An attacker can take advantage of this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or retrieve critical information.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

craftcms/cms is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in versions 5.0.0 - 5.5.7, 4.0.0 - 4.13.7 and 3.0.0 - 3.9.13.

How to fix this

Upgrade the craftcms/cms library to the patch version.