Craft CMS 4.2.0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via Drafts.

Craft CMS contains an external control of assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated client to introduce arbitrary values, such as PHP code, to a known local file location on the server. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2024-58136 as represented by CVE-2025-32432.

Impact

This is an additional fix for https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-4w8r-3xrw-v25g

This is a high-impact, low-complexity attack vector. To mitigate the issue, users running Craft installations before the fixed versions are encouraged to update to at least that version.

Details

https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/craft-cms-cve-2025-32432

References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e1c85441fa47eeb7c688c2053f25419bc0547b47

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/3.x/CHANGELOG.md#3915---2025-04-10-critical https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/4.x/CHANGELOG.md#41415---2025-04-10-critical https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5617---2025-04-10-critical

https://sensepost.com/blog/2025/investigating-an-in-the-wild-campaign-using-rce-in-craftcms/

Credits

Credit to Orange Cyberdefense for discovering a reporting this bug.

Impact

This is an RCE vulnerability that affects Craft 4 and 5 installs where your security key has already been compromised.

https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#keep-your-secrets-secret

Anyone running an unpatched version of Craft with a compromised security key is affected.

Patches

This has been patched in Craft 5.5.8 and 4.13.8.

Workarounds

If you can't update to a patched version, then rotating your security key and ensuring its privacy will help to migitgate the issue.

References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/e59e22b30c9dd39e5e2c7fe02c147bcbd004e603

Impact You are affected if your php.ini configuration has registerargcargv enabled.

Patches Update to 3.9.14, 4.13.2, or 5.5.2.

Workarounds If you can't upgrade yet, and registerargcargv is enabled, you can disable it to mitigate the issue.

Impact

This is a potential moderate impact, low complexity privilege escalation vulnerability in Craft with certain user permissions setups.

Patches

This has been fixed in Craft 4.4.16 and Craft 3.9.6. Users should ensure they are running at least those versions.

References

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13932 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/13931 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#4511---2023-11-16 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/v3/CHANGELOG.md#396---2023-11-16

Craft CMS through 4.4.9 is vulnerable to HTML Injection.

Summary A malformed RSS feed can deliver an XSS payload

PoC Create an RSS widget and add the domain https://blog.whitebear.vn/file/rss-xss2.rss The XSS payload will be triggered by the title in tag <item>

Resolved in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/b77cb3023bed4f4a37c11294c4d319ff9f598e1f

Summary XSS can be triggered via the Update Asset Index utility

PoC 1. Access setting tab 2. Create new assets 3. In assets name inject payload: "<script>alert(26)</script> 4. Click Utilities tab 5. Choose all volumes, or volume trigger xss 7. Click Update asset indexes.

XSS will be triggered

Json response volumes name makes triggers the payload

"session":{"id":1,"indexedVolumes":{"1":"\"<script>alert(26)</script>"},

It’s run on every POST request in the utility.

Resolved in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/8c2ad0bd313015b8ee42326af2848ee748f1d766

Summary XSS can be triggered by review volumes

PoC

1. Access setting tab 2. Create new assets 3. In assets name inject payload: "<script>alert(1337)</script> 4. Click Utilities tab 5. Choose all volumes, or volume trigger xss 6. Click Update asset indexes. 7. Wait to assets update success. 8. Progress complete. 9. Click on review button will trigger XSS

Root cause Function: index.php?p=admin/actions/asset-indexes/process-indexing-session&v=1680710595770 After loading completed, progess will load: "skippedEntries" and "missingEntries" These parameters is not yet filtered, I just tried "skippedEntries" but I think it will be work with "missingEntries"

My reponse: { "session": { "id": 10, "indexedVolumes": { "6": "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>" }, "totalEntries": 2235, "processedEntries": 2235, "cacheRemoteImages": true, "listEmptyFolders": false, "isCli": false, "actionRequired": true, "dateCreated": "Apr 5, 2023, 9:03:16 AM", "skippedEntries": [ "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>/assetpreviews/Image.php", "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>/assetpreviews/Pdf.php" ], "missingEntries": { "folders": [], "files": [] }, "processIfRootEmpty": false }, "skipDialog": false }

Resolved in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/053d7119697e480ff81c5723bb9a33eaa49e0fc7

Summary The platform does not filter input and encode output in Quick Post validation error message, which can deliver an XSS payload.

Details Old CVE fixed the XSS in label HTML but didn’t fix it when clicking save.

PoC 1. Login at admin 2. Go to setting 3. Create a Section 4. On Entry page, click Edit label 5. Inject the XSS payload into the label and save 6. On the admin dashboard choose new widget -> Quick Post 7. In Quick Post, click save with blank slug; The XSS will be executed

"errors":{"title":["<script>alert('nono')</script> cannot be blank."],"slug":["Slug cannot be blank."]

Fixed in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/9d0cd0bda7c8a830a3373f8c0f06943e519ac888

Craft CMS before 3.7.14 allows CSV injection.

The Seomatic component before 3.2.46 for Craft CMS allows Server-Side Template Injection and information disclosure via malformed data to the metacontainers controller.

Craft CMS before 2.6.2974 allows XSS attacks.

Summary

An authenticated control panel user with only accessCp can move entries across sections via POST /actions/entries/move-to-section, even when they do not have saveEntries:{sectionUid} permission for either source or destination section.

Details

Root-cause analysis

1. actionMoveToSection accepts sectionId and entryIds, loads entries, and iterates: Craft::$app->getEntries()->moveEntryToSection($entry, $section). 2. The endpoint does not enforce per-entry or per-section authorization checks. 3. moveEntryToSection() also does not enforce current-user authorization. 4. There is a permission check in actionMoveToSectionModalData for building UI options, but that check is not enforced in the actual endpoint. 5. Therefore, a direct POST request can bypass UI filtering and perform unauthorized entry moves.

### Impact

This is an authorization bypass permitting unauthorized content changes. Authenticated low-privileged control panel users can move entries they should not be able to manage, violating integrity and potentially disrupting routing/editorial controls.

Summary

An unauthenticated user can call assets/generate-transform with a private assetId, receive a valid transform URL, and fetch transformed image bytes.

The endpoint is anonymous and does not enforce per-asset authorization before returning the transform URL.

Details

Root cause: - Anonymous endpoint accepts user-controlled asset reference. - It creates and returns a transform URL for that asset without checking access rights. - If the transform output is reachable, guest users can read content derived from private assets.

Who is impacted:

- Installations where private source assets can be transformed and transform URLs are reachable.

Security consequence:

- Anonymous users can obtain content derived from private assets without authentication.

Resources

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/7290d91639e

Summary

A low-privileged authenticated user can call assets/image-editor with the ID of a private asset they cannot view and still receive editor response data, including focalPoint.

The endpoint returns private editing metadata without per-asset authorization validation.

Root-cause analysis:

1. actionImageEditor() accepts assetId from the request body. 2. The asset is loaded, and the focal-point data is read. 3. Response returns html and focalPoint. 4. No explicit authorization check is applied before the response.

Impact

Affected deployments:

Craft sites where asset edit metadata should remain restricted to authorized users.

Security consequence:

Unauthorized users can extract private editor metadata and related editor context for inaccessible assets.

Summary Guest users can access Config Sync updater index, obtain signed data, and execute state-changing Config Sync actions (regenerate-yaml, apply-yaml-changes) without authentication.

Details

ConfigSyncController extends BaseUpdaterController, and the base updater is anonymously accessible for control panel requests. index emits signed updater state (data), which can be reused by guests in subsequent requests.

Sensitive actions that are reachable via this method are actionApplyYamlChanges, actionRegenerateYaml, applyExternalChanges, and regenerateExternalConfig.

Reproduction steps

1. Guest POST to:

http POST /admin/actions/config-sync/index

2. Extract data from returned JS state:

Craft.updater = ... setState({"data":"<signedData>", ...});

3. Reuse data as a guest:

POST /admin/actions/config-sync/regenerate-yaml data=<signedData>&<csrfParam>=<csrfToken>

or

POST /admin/actions/config-sync/apply-yaml-changes data=<signedData>&<csrfParam>=<csrfToken>

4. Observe completed response and state/file changes.

Impact

Unauthenticated users can execute project configuration sync operations that should be restricted to trusted admin/deployment contexts.

Depending on the pending YAML/config state, this can cause unauthorized config state transitions and a service integrity risk.

Resources

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/7f0ead833f7

Summary

A low-privileged authenticated user can read private asset content by calling assets/edit-image with an arbitrary assetId that they are not authorized to view.

The endpoint returns image bytes (or a preview redirect) without enforcing a per-asset view authorization check, leading to potential unauthorized disclosure of private files.

Details

Root cause: - A user-controlled object reference (assetId) is used to load and return sensitive content. - The action does not verify whether the current user is authorized to view that asset. - This creates an authenticated IDOR / authorization bypass.

Impact

- Craft installations where private/non-public assets exist and low-privileged users can authenticate.

Resources

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/7290d91639e

Summary

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Craft CMS 5.x and 4.x that bypasses the security fixes for GHSA-7jx7-3846-m7w7 and GHSA-255j-qw47-wjh5. This vulnerability can be exploited by any authenticated user with control panel access.

The existing patches add cleanseConfig() to assembleLayoutFromPost() and various FieldsController actions to strip Yii2 behavior/event injection keys (as and on prefixed keys). However, the fieldLayouts parameter in ElementIndexesController::actionFilterHud() is passed directly to FieldLayout::createFromConfig() without any sanitization, enabling the same behavior injection attack chain.

Impact

- Attack Type: Remote Code Execution (RCE) - Authentication Required: Authenticated user with control panel access (accessCp permission)

Vulnerability Details

Root Cause

In ElementIndexesController::actionFilterHud() (line 493-494), the fieldLayouts body parameter is passed to FieldLayout::createFromConfig() without cleanseConfig():

php // ElementIndexesController.php:485-494 if ($conditionConfig) { $conditionConfig = Component::cleanseConfig($conditionConfig); // conditionConfig IS cleansed $condition = $conditionsService->createCondition($conditionConfig); } else { $condition = $this->elementType()::createCondition(); }

if (!empty($fieldLayouts)) { // fieldLayouts is NOT cleansed! $condition->setFieldLayouts(arraymap( fn(array $config) => FieldLayout::createFromConfig($config), $fieldLayouts )); }

Note the inconsistency: conditionConfig is sanitized with cleanseConfig(), but fieldLayouts is not.

Attack Chain

1. Send a fieldLayouts array containing config with "as <name>" prefixed keys 2. FieldLayout::createFromConfig($config) -> new self($config) -> Model::construct($config) 3. App::configure($this, $config) processes each key 4. "as rce" key -> Component::set("as rce", $value) -> Yii::createObject($value) -> instantiates AttributeTypecastBehavior and attaches it to the FieldLayout 5. "on " key -> registers a wildcard event handler 6. parent::construct() -> init() -> setTabs([]) -> getAvailableNativeFields() -> trigger(EVENTDEFINENATIVEFIELDS) 7. The wildcard handler fires -> AttributeTypecastBehavior::beforeSave() -> typecastAttributes() 8. $this->owner->typecastBeforeSave -> resolved via Component::get() -> returns the command string from the behavior's own property 9. calluserfunc([ConsoleProcessus::class, 'execute'], $command) -> shellexec($command)

Prerequisites

- A user account with control panel access

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). In versions 5.9.0-beta.1 through 5.9.10, the revision/draft context menu in the element editor renders the creator’s fullName as raw HTML due to the use of Template::raw() combined with Craft::t() string interpolation. A low-privileged control panel user (e.g., Author) can set their fullName to an XSS payload via the profile editor, then create an entry with two saves. If an administrator is logged in and executes a specifically crafted payload while an elevated session is active, the attacker’s account can be elevated to administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 5.9.11.

Summary A low-privilege user (or an unauthenticated user who has been sent a shared URL) can escalate their privileges to admin by abusing UsersController->actionImpersonateWithToken.

Affected users should update to Craft 4.17.6 and 5.9.12 to mitigate the issue.

Details This vulnerability allows any low-privilege user to escalate their privileges and become an admin, or, in extreme circumstances, unprivileged users to do the same.

Therefore, this vulnerability affects Craft Pro and Team more than Craft Solo.

Specifically, an attacker who possesses a valid “preview token” can then append &action=users/impersonate-with-token&userId=1&prevUserId=1 to the preview URL to hijack the request into the impersonation endpoint, logging in as any user (including admin) without authentication. Getting the preview token is easy, and all an editor would have to do is create a single article, click “Preview”, and then recover this token.

Here’s what happens:

1. The action re-dispatch in actionPreview() passes $skipSpecialHandling=true to handleRequest(), bypassing all security guards, and passes $checkToken=false to checkIfActionRequest(), which allows an attacker-controlled action query parameter to override the dispatch target. 2. The requireToken() guard on actionImpersonateWithToken() only checks a boolean (hadToken) that was set when the preview token was initially resolved. It does not verify that the token was intended for the impersonation action, and so any valid token from any route satisfies the check. 3. actionImpersonateWithToken is listed in $allowAnonymous and performs no authorization beyond requireToken(), so no prior authentication is required.

PoC

The PoC achieves full admin takeover on the latest Craft CMS 5.9.10. Spawn a local version of Craft. Then, you’ll want to log in and create a valid setup:

1. Log in at http://host:18895/admin 2. Go to Settings,  Sections, New Section (name: "Blog", type: "Channel") 3. Under Site Settings, set URI Format to blog/{slug} 4. Then go to Entries, New Entry, Blog, and give it any title

Next, obtain a preview token

1. Open the saved entry in the editor 2. Click the Preview button 3. A preview pane opens with the entry rendered in an iframe 4. Right-click inside the preview pane and Inspect Element 5. Find the <iframe> element; its src contains the tokenized URL: http://host:18895/blog/title?x-craft-live-preview=...&token=XXXXXXXX 6. Copy the token= value

Finally, execute the exploit:

1. Open a new incognito/private browser window   2. Navigate to: http://host:18895/?token=XXXXXXXX&action=users/impersonate-with-token&userId=1&prevUserId=1   3. You may see a 404. This is expected.

To verify the exploit, in the same incognito tab, navigate to http://host:18895/admin. You should land on the admin dashboard, logged in as admin, without ever entering credentials.

Impact

Privilege escalation; everyone is impacted.

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.5 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.11, the AssetsController->replaceFile() method has a targetFilename body parameter that is used unsanitized in a deleteFile() call before Assets::prepareAssetName() is applied on save. This allows an authenticated user with replaceFiles permission to delete arbitrary files within the same filesystem root by injecting ../ path traversal sequences into the filename. This could allow an authenticated user with replaceFiles permission on one volume to delete files in other folders/volumes that share the same filesystem root. This only affects local filesystems. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.5 and 5.9.11.

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 5.6.0 to before version 5.9.11, in src/controllers/EntryTypesController.php, the $settings array from parsestr is passed directly to Craft::configure() without Component::cleanseConfig(). This allows injecting Yii2 behavior/event handlers via "as" or "on" prefixed keys, the same attack vector as the original advisory. Craft control panel administrator permissions and allowAdminChanges must be enabled for this to work. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.11.

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.5 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.11, there is a Behavior injection RCE vulnerability in ElementIndexesController and FieldsController. Craft control panel administrator permissions and allowAdminChanges must be enabled for this to work. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.5 and 5.9.11.

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the Craft CMS 5 conditions system.

The BaseElementSelectConditionRule::getElementIds() method passes user-controlled string input through renderObjectTemplate() -- an unsandboxed Twig rendering function with escaping disabled.

Any authenticated Control Panel user (including non-admin roles such as Author or Editor) can achieve full RCE by sending a crafted condition rule via standard element listing endpoints.

This vulnerability requires no admin privileges, no special permissions beyond basic control panel access, and bypasses all production hardening settings (allowAdminChanges: false, devMode: false, enableTwigSandbox: true).

Users should update to the patched 5.99 release to mitigate the issue.

Craft is a content management system (CMS). The ElementSearchController::actionSearch() endpoint is missing the unset() protection that was added to ElementIndexesController in CVE-2026-25495. The exact same SQL injection vulnerability (including criteria[orderBy], the original advisory vector) works on this controller because the fix was never applied to it. Any authenticated control panel user (no admin required) can inject arbitrary SQL via criteria[where], criteria[orderBy], or other query properties, and extract the full database contents via boolean-based blind injection. Users should update to the patched 5.9.9 release to mitigate the issue.

Summary

The fix for CVE-2025-35939 in craftcms/cms introduced a striptags() call in src/web/User.php to sanitize return URLs before they are stored in the session. However, striptags() only removes HTML tags (angle brackets) -- it does not inspect or filter URL schemes. Payloads like javascript:alert(document.cookie) contain no HTML tags and pass through striptags() completely unmodified, enabling reflected XSS when the return URL is rendered in an href attribute.

Details The patched code in is:

php public function setReturnUrl($url): void { parent::setReturnUrl(striptags($url)); }

striptags() removes HTML tags (e.g., <script>, <img>) from a string, but it is not a URL sanitizer. When the sanitized return URL is subsequently rendered in an href attribute context (e.g., <a href="{{ returnUrl }}">), the following dangerous payloads survive striptags() completely unmodified:

1. javascript: protocol URLs -- javascript:alert(document.cookie) contains no HTML tags, so striptags() returns it verbatim. When placed in an href, clicking the link executes the JavaScript.

2. data: URIs -- data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgxKTwvc2NyaXB0Pg== uses Base64 encoding and contains no tags at all, bypassing striptags() entirely.

3. Protocol-relative URLs -- //evil.com/steal contains no tags and is passed through unchanged. When rendered as an href, the browser resolves it relative to the current page’s protocol, redirecting the user to an attacker-controlled domain.

The core issue is that striptags() operates on HTML syntax (angle brackets) while the threat model here requires URL scheme validation. These are fundamentally different security concerns.

Impact

Reflected XSS via crafted return URL. An attacker constructs a malicious link such as https://target.example.com/craft/?returnUrl=javascript:alert(document.cookie) and sends it to a victim. The attack flow is:

1. Victim clicks the link, visiting the Craft CMS site. 2. The application calls setReturnUrl() with the attacker-controlled value. 3. striptags() processes the URL but finds no HTML tags -- it passes through unchanged. 4. The URL is stored in the session and later rendered in an href attribute (e.g., a "Return" or "Continue" link). 5. When the victim clicks that link, javascript:alert(document.cookie) executes in the context of the Craft CMS origin.

This enables: - Session hijacking via cookie theft (document.cookie) - Data exfiltration via fetch() to an attacker-controlled server - Phishing by redirecting to a lookalike domain (protocol-relative URL) - CSRF by performing actions on behalf of the authenticated user

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Craft Commerce’s cart functionality that allows users to hijack any shopping cart by knowing or guessing its 32-character number. This vulnerability enables the takeover of shopping sessions and potential exposure of PII.

Vulnerability Details

Root Cause

The CartController accepts a user-supplied number parameter to load and modify shopping carts. No ownership validation is performed - the code only checks if the order exists and is incomplete, not whether the requester has authorization to access it.

php // CartController.php:374-389 - actionLoadCart() public function actionLoadCart(): ?Response { $number = $this->request->getParam('number');

if ($number === null) { return $this->asFailure(Craft::t('commerce', 'A cart number must be specified.')); }

// No ownership check - returns any cart to any requester $cart = Order::find()->number($number)->isCompleted(false)->one();

// Cart is loaded into attacker's session without authorization ... }

php // CartController.php:606-616 - getCart() $orderNumber = $this->request->getBodyParam('number'); if ($orderNumber) { // Same issue - no ownership validation $cart = Order::find()->number($orderNumber)->isCompleted(false)->one(); // Returns cart to any requester who knows the number } ---

Attack Scenario

Prerequisites - Target Craft Commerce installation with active shopping carts - Knowledge of a victim’s cart number (32-character hex string)

Cart Number Acquisition Vectors

1. Referrer Header Leakage: Cart URLs shared externally expose the number 2. Browser History: Accessible on shared/compromised devices 3. Proxy/WAF Logs: Cart numbers logged in URL parameters 4. Social Engineering: Support tickets, screenshots containing cart URLs 5. Brute Force: While impractical for random targeting, feasible for targeted attacks against recently-created carts

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Summary

Craft CMS has a CSRF issue in the preview token endpoint at /actions/preview/create-token. The endpoint accepts an attacker-supplied previewToken.

Because the action does not require POST and does not enforce a CSRF token, an attacker can force a logged-in victim editor to mint a preview token chosen by the attacker.

That token can then be used by the attacker (without authentication) to access previewed/unpublished content tied to the victim’s authorized preview scope.

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Preconditions - Victim is logged in to Craft control panel. - Victim has active preview authorization in session for target content (e.g., opened/edited an entry). - The attacker must know the target’s canonicalId and public URL path of that entry.

1) Attacker prepares a fixed token Use any 32-character value, for example: text aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

2) CSRF victim into minting that token Send the victim a link (or top-level redirect) such as: text https://TARGET/actions/preview/create-token?elementType=craft%5Celements%5CEntry&canonicalId=123&siteId=1&previewToken=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&redirect=https%3A%2F%2FTARGET%2F

If the victim is logged in and authorized for previewElement:123, Craft creates that exact token.

3) Attacker accesses preview content unauthenticated bash curl -i 'https://TARGET/news/known-entry-slug?token=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'

Expected vulnerable behavior:

- Response renders preview/unpublished state (draft/provisional context), not just normal public content.

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Impact - CSRF-based minting of attacker-known preview tokens. - Unauthorized access to draft/provisional/revision content via token replay. - Stealthy one-click exploitation against logged-in editors/admins. - No dependency on forwarded-host poisoning.

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