CVE-2025-35939Craft CMS stores user-provided content in session files
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.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | MEDIUM | 4.0cisa-cg (CNA) | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 5.3 | MEDIUM | 3.1cisa-cg (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Jun 23, 2025
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-35939
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- cisa-cg
- Published
- May 7, 2025
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 09:14 UTC
- Weaknesses
- CWE-472 · External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
CraftCMS2 version ranges
- before 5.7.5
- before 4.15.3
References
- github.com https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/17220
- github.com https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/4.15.3
- github.com https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.7.5
- raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-147-01.json
- cve.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35939
- cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-35939