Craft CMS up to 4.14.12/5.6.14 special elements used in a template engine

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Craft CMS up to 4.14.12/5.6.14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-46731. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Craft CMS up to 4.14.12/5.6.14. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1336. The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Craft is a content management system. Versions of Craft CMS on the 4.x branch prior to 4.14.13 and on the 5.x branch prior to 5.6.16 contains a potential remote code execution vulnerability via Twig SSTI. One must have administrator access and `ALLOW_ADMIN_CHANGES` must be enabled for this to work. Users should update to the patched versions 4.14.13 or 5.6.15 to mitigate the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46731 since 04/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1221 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.14.13 or 5.6.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Craft

Name

• CMS

Version

• 4.14.0
• 4.14.1
• 4.14.2
• 4.14.3
• 4.14.4
• 4.14.5
• 4.14.6
• 4.14.7
• 4.14.8
• 4.14.9
• 4.14.10
• 4.14.11
• 4.14.12
• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14

License

• free

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