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CVE-2025-68455 Detail

Description

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. Versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 and 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.16.16 are vulnerable to potential authenticated Remote Code Execution via malicious attached Behavior. Note that attackers must have administrator access to the Craft Control Panel for this to work. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 8.6 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5821---2025-12-04 GitHub, Inc. Product  Release Notes 
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/27f55886098b56c00ddc53b69239c9c9192252c7 GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/6e608a1a5bfb36943f94f584b7548ca542a86fef GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/ec43c497edde0b2bf2e39a119cded2e55f9fe593 GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-255j-qw47-wjh5 CISA-ADP, GitHub, Inc. Exploit  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-68455
NVD Published Date:
01/05/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/12/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.