Critical Craft CMS Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited: Urgent Patches Released to Combat Attacks

April 28, 2025
Critical Craft CMS Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited: Urgent Patches Released to Combat Attacks
  • These vulnerabilities have been actively exploited in ongoing attacks, leading to server breaches and data theft, as reported by CERT Orange Cyberdefense.

  • Manual exploitation of these vulnerabilities began on February 10, 2025, followed by automated attacks starting just four days later.

  • Users are advised to monitor server logs for suspicious POST requests that may indicate probing for these vulnerabilities.

  • CVE-2025-32432 has a severity score of 10/10, while CVE-2024-58136 has a score of 9.0/10, highlighting the critical nature of these vulnerabilities.

  • Craft CMS has provided guidance for administrators on precautionary measures to take if a site is believed to be compromised, including refreshing security keys and rotating database credentials.

  • Researchers have identified two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Craft CMS, tracked as CVE-2025-32432, a remote code execution flaw, and CVE-2024-58136, an input validation issue.

  • As of mid-April 2025, approximately 13,000 vulnerable Craft CMS instances were identified, with nearly 300 already compromised.

  • Attackers exploit these vulnerabilities by first obtaining a valid asset ID through crafted POST requests, which allows them to execute PHP code on the server.

  • The exploitation process involves manipulating a PHP session file using CVE-2025-32432, followed by executing PHP code from a compromised session file through CVE-2024-58136.

  • Patches addressing these vulnerabilities were released on April 10, 2025, in Craft CMS versions 3.9.15, 4.14.15, and 5.6.17.

  • Further compromise steps include uploading backdoors and exfiltrating data, with additional details expected in a forthcoming blog post by Orange Cyberdefense.

  • On April 17, 2025, Craft CMS developers began notifying potentially affected license holders to encourage timely updates.

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