GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-742x-x762-7383 Craft CMS vulnerable to potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via Twig SSTI
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-68454
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- craftcms/cms
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1336
- Reviewed
- 2026-01-05
Affected packages
• Packagist craftcms/cms: >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.21 → fixed in 5.8.21
• Packagist craftcms/cms: >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.16.17 → fixed in 4.16.17
Description
For this to work, users must have administrator access to the Craft Control Panel, and allowAdminChanges must be enabled for this to work, which is against Craft CMS' recommendations for any non-dev environment.
https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#set-allowAdminChanges-to-false-in-production
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.
References:
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/d82680f4a05f9576883bb83c3f6243d33ca73ebe
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5821---2025-12-04
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-68454 Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine weakness
References
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-742x-x762-7383 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68454 advisory
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/d82680f4a05f9576883bb83c3f6243d33ca73ebe web
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms package
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5821---2025-12-04 web