Description
Craft is a content management system (CMS). There is an authenticated admin RCE in Craft CMS 5.8.21 via Server-Side Template Injection using the create() Twig function combined with a Symfony Process gadget chain. The create() Twig function exposes Craft::createObject(), which allows instantiation of arbitrary PHP classes with constructor arguments. Combined with the bundled symfony/process dependency, this enables RCE. This bypasses the fix implemented for CVE-2025-57811 (patched in 5.8.7). This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.0-beta.1 and 4.17.0-beta.1.
Published: 2026-03-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-94rc-cqvm-m4pw Craft CMS Vulnerable to Authenticated RCE via Twig SSTI - create() function + Symfony Process gadget
History

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Craftcms craft Cms
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Craftcms craft Cms
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Craftcms
Craftcms craftcms
Vendors & Products Craftcms
Craftcms craftcms

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Craft is a content management system (CMS). There is an authenticated admin RCE in Craft CMS 5.8.21 via Server-Side Template Injection using the create() Twig function combined with a Symfony Process gadget chain. The create() Twig function exposes Craft::createObject(), which allows instantiation of arbitrary PHP classes with constructor arguments. Combined with the bundled symfony/process dependency, this enables RCE. This bypasses the fix implemented for CVE-2025-57811 (patched in 5.8.7). This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.0-beta.1 and 4.17.0-beta.1.
Title Craft affected by authenticated RCE via Twig SSTI - create() function + Symfony Process gadget
Weaknesses CWE-1336
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Craftcms Craft Cms Craftcms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T05:01:24.295Z

Reserved: 2026-03-02T21:43:19.928Z

Link: CVE-2026-28695

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Updated: 2026-03-04T17:05:18.100Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-04T17:16:20.887

Modified: 2026-03-05T19:54:27.660

Link: CVE-2026-28695

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-17T13:15:19Z

Weaknesses