CVE-2024-52293: Craft has a Potential Remote Code Execution via missing path normalization & Twig SSTI

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Craft is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 4.12.2 and 5.4.3, Craft is missing normalizePath in the function FileHelper::absolutePath could lead to Remote Code Execution on the server via twig SSTI. This is a sequel to CVE-2023-40035. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.12.2 and 5.4.3.

Affected products

craftcms cms: from 4.0.0 (excl.) before 4.12.2; from 5.0.0 (excl.) before 5.4.3; 4.0.0-rc1, 4.0.0-rc2, 4.0.0-rc3, 5.0.0-rc1 — fixed in 4.12.2, 5.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: craftcms cms 4.12.2, 5.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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