Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-23209

cms Remote Code Execution

Craftcms / cms · >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.5.5

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Severity
CVSS 8.1 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
21.8%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2025-23209 is a vulnerability affecting Craftcms cms. 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...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Craftcms / cms >= 5.0.0-rc1, < 5.5.5.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Craft is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond

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.

craftcms Affected
cms
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.5.5 >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.13.8
Published
18 Jan 2025
Exploitation Reported
20 Feb 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 20 Feb 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-02-20 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.1 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

21.8%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE-94

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. 00:32 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 17:15 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2025-23209

Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-23209",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.1,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.21776,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}