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CVE-2025-68455: Craft CMS vulnerable to potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via malicious attached Behavior

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.96% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: craftcms/cms (Packagist) 4.16.17, 5.8.21.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to craftcms/cms (Packagist) 4.16.17, 5.8.21 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. Versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 and 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.16.16 are vulnerable to potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via malicious attached Behavior. Note that attackers must have administrator access to the Craft Control Panel for this to work. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue.

HighCVSS 8.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 5, 2026
Updated
Oct 7, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 61th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.6
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
craftcmscraft cms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • craftcms craft cms4.0.0.1 and later · before 4.16.17
  • craftcms craft cms5.0.1 and later · before 5.8.21
  • craftcms craft cms4.0.0
  • craftcms craft cms5.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • craftcms cms

    • >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.21, >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.16.17affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistcraftcms/cmsfrom 4.0.0-RC1 · before 4.16.174.16.17
Packagistcraftcms/cmsfrom 5.0.0-RC1 · before 5.8.215.8.21

Same product

craftcms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-32432Craft CMS Allows Remote Code ExecutionKEV
    100Now
  • CVE-2024-56145RCE when PHP `register_argc_argv` config setting is enabled in craftcms/cmsKEV
    96Now
  • CVE-2025-23209Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cmsKEV
    68This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-68437Jan 5, 2026 · Craft CMS vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via GraphQL Asset Upload Mutation
    20Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-68454Jan 5, 2026 · Craft CMS vulnerable to potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via Twig SSTI
    20Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-68456Jan 5, 2026 · Unauthenticated Craft CMS users can trigger a database backup
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:craftcms/cms4.16.17Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:craftcms/cms5.8.21Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-2549835 days apartCraft has a potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via malicious attached Behavior
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3226370 days apartCraft CMS vulnerable to behavior injection RCE via EntryTypesController
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3226470 days apartCraft CMS vulnerable to behavior injection RCE ElementIndexesController and FieldsController
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3315778 days apartCraft CMS: Potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via malicious attached Behavior
    34Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-470 · Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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