{"id":"CVE-2025-54417","aliases":["AIKIDO-2025-10090","AIKIDO-2025-10859","CLSA-2026-1774313530","EUVD-2025-24040","GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw"],"status":"published","title":"Craft contains a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209","description":"Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. Versions 4.13.8 through 4.16.2 and 5.5.8 through 5.8.3 contain a vulnerability that can bypass CVE-2025-23209: \"Craft CMS has a potential RCE with a compromised security key\". To exploit this vulnerability, the project must meet these requirements: have a compromised security key and create an arbitrary file in Craft's /storage/backups folder. With those criteria in place, attackers could create a specific, malicious request to the /updater/restore-db endpoint and execute CLI commands remotely. This issue is fixed in versions 4.16.3 and 5.8.4.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.2,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.0057,"percentile":0.47664,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"published":"2025-08-08T19:32:50Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:39Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","fixed_in":["4.16.3","5.8.4"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.13.8"},{"fixed":"4.16.3"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.8"},{"fixed":"5.8.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"TuxCare:Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.9.15"},{"fixed":"3.9.15-p1+tuxcare"}]}],"versions":["3.9.15"],"bundled":8},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.13.8"},{"fixed":"4.16.3"}]}],"versions":["4.13.10","4.13.8","4.13.9","4.14.0","4.14.0.1","4.14.0.2","4.14.1","4.14.10","4.14.11","4.14.11.1","4.14.12","4.14.13","4.14.14","4.14.15","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","4.15.0","4.15.0-beta.1","4.15.0-beta.2","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"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"craftcms/cms","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.8"},{"fixed":"5.8.4"}]}],"versions":["5.5.10","5.5.8","5.5.9","5.6.0","5.6.0.1","5.6.0.2","5.6.1","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","5.6.2","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","5.7.0","5.7.0-beta.1","5.7.0-beta.2","5.7.1","5.7.1.1","5.7.10","5.7.11","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","5.8.0","5.8.1","5.8.2","5.8.3"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"craftcms","product":"cms"},{"vendor":"craftcms","product":"craft_cms"},{"vendor":"statamic","product":"cms"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23209","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54417","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54417.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/craftcms/cms","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-54417","title":"Craft contains a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209","description":"Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. 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To exploit this vulnerability, the project must meet these requirements: have a compromised security key and create an arbitrary file in Craft's /storage/backups folder. With those criteria in place, attackers could create a specific, malicious request to the /updater/restore-db endpoint and execute CLI commands remotely. 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