GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-7vrx-9684-xrf2 Craft CMS stores arbitrary content provided by unauthenticated users in session files
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-35939
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- craftcms/cms
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-472
- Reviewed
- 2025-05-08
Affected packages
• Packagist craftcms/cms: >= 5.0.0-alpha.1, < 5.7.5 → fixed in 5.7.5
• Packagist craftcms/cms: < 4.15.3 → fixed in 4.15.3
Description
Craft CMS stores arbitrary content provided by unauthenticated users in session files. This content could be accessed and executed, possibly using an independent vulnerability. Craft CMS redirects requests that require authentication to the login page and generates a session file on the server at `/var/lib/php/sessions`. Such session files are named `sess_[session_value]`, where `[session_value]` is provided to the client in a `Set-Cookie` response header. Craft CMS stores the return URL requested by the client without sanitizing parameters. Consequently, an unauthenticated client can introduce arbitrary values, such as PHP code, to a known local file location on the server. Craft CMS versions 5.7.5 and 4.15.3 have been released to address this issue.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-35939 Craft CMS stores arbitrary content provided by unauthenticated users in session files. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-472 External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-35939 advisory
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/17220 web
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e4c7bac8f31010aee048409f9ef6f744a83146b2 web
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms package
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/4.15.3 web
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.7.5 web
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-147-01.json web
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-35939 web
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35939 web