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TI-2024-34966 Aliases CVE-2024-52291GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q

Path traversal in Craft CMS cms

Priority HIGH 72CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Craft is a content management system (CMS). A vulnerability in CraftCMS allows an attacker to bypass local file system validation by utilizing a double file:// scheme (e.g., file://file:////). This enables the attacker to specify sensitive folders as the file system, leading to potential file overwriting through malicious uploads, unauthorized access to sensitive files, and, under certain conditions, remote code execution (RCE) via Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) payloads. Note that this will only work if you have an authenticated administrator account with allowAdminChanges enabled. This is fixed in 5.4.6 and 4.12.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01253 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed cms (craftcms): 5.4.6, 4.12.5craftcms/cms (Packagist): 5.4.6, 4.12.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Craft CMScms5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.4.6; 4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.12.55.4.6, 4.12.5Patch availableCNA
—craftcms/cms (Packagist)5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.4.65.4.6Patch availableGHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q
—craftcms/cms (Packagist)4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.12.54.12.5Patch availableGHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q
  • cms VendorCraft CMS Affected 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.4.6; 4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.12.5 Fixed in 5.4.6, 4.12.5 Patch available CNA
  • craftcms/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.4.6 Fixed in 5.4.6 Patch available GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q
  • craftcms/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.12.5 Fixed in 4.12.5 Patch available GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*after 4.0.0, before 4.12.5; after 5.0.0, before 5.4.6VulnerableCraft CMS
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 rc1VulnerableCraft CMS
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 rc2VulnerableCraft CMS
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 rc3VulnerableCraft CMS
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 rc1VulnerableCraft CMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions after 4.0.0, before 4.12.5; after 5.0.0, before 5.4.6 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cms (craftcms) Fixed in 5.4.6, 4.12.5
  • Fix · GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q craftcms/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 5.4.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q craftcms/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 4.12.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-52291
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrh5-vhr9-qh7q

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-23503 Craft CMS Allows Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-37138 RCE when PHP `register_argc_argv` config setting is enabled in craftcms/cms KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-16994 Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-24595 Craft CMS stores user-provided content in session files KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-22284 Craft CMS Remote Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-25171 Craft CMS up to v3.7.31 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the GraphQL API endpoint. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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