CVE-2025-68454

Jan. 5, 2026, 10:15 p.m.

5.2
Medium

Description

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 Twig SSTI. For this to work, users must have administrator access to the Craft Control Panel, and allowAdminChanges must be enabled, which is against Craft CMS' recommendations for any non-dev environment. Alternatively, a non-administrator account with allowAdminChanges disabled can be used, provided access to the System Messages utility is available. It is possible to craft a malicious payload using the Twig `map` filter in text fields that accept Twig input under Settings in the Craft control panel or using the System Messages utility, which could lead to a RCE. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Craft
  • Craft
  • 5.0.0-5.8.20, 4.0.0-4.16.16

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1336
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a craft craft 5.0.0-5.8.20 / / / / / / /
a craft craft 4.0.0-4.16.16 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5821---2025-12-04
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/d82680f4a05f9576883bb83c3f6243d33ca73ebe
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-742x-x762-7383

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-1336
2026-01-05
CVE-2025-68454

CVSS Score

5.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: UNREPORTED

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

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 5, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 5, 2026, 10:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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