CVE-2023-40035Craft CMS vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via validatePath bypass
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Craft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. Bypassing the validatePath function can lead to potential remote code execution. This vulnerability can lead to malicious control of vulnerable systems and data exfiltrations. Although the vulnerability is exploitable only in the authenticated users, configuration with ALLOW_ADMIN_CHANGES=true, there is still a potential security threat (Remote Code Execution). This issue has been patched in version 4.4.15 and version 3.8.15.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcraftcms/cmsGHSA-44wr-rmwq-3phw (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-44wr-rmwq-3phw (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/0bd33861abdc60c93209cff03eeee54504d3d3b5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/3.8.15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/4.4.15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-2202 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-44wr-rmwq-3phw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-40035)Record last updated .