Medium severity · published May 7, 2025
CVE-2025-35939
Craft CMS stores user-provided content in session files
In wildKEV
5.3
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jun 2, 2025
Federal remediation dueJun 23, 2025
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
CMS · Craft
before 5.7.5; before 4.15.3 · source: vendor
CC
Craft Cms · Craftcms
before 4.15.3; 5.0.0 before 5.7.5 · source: NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-35939
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35939
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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
www.cve.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35939
raw.githubusercontent.com
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-147-01.json
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