CVE-2025-23209

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2025-02-20

Actively exploited. CVE-2025-23209 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-20) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Craft CMS contains a code injection vulnerability caused by improper validation of the database backup path, ultimately enabling remote code execution.

CSIRTS triage

What: The vulnerability allows remote code execution due to improper validation of the database backup path.
Who is affected: Deployments of Craft CMS are affected.
Urgency: Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of Craft CMS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 91% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2025-23209: Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-20

External references

NVD record for CVE-2025-23209

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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