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GHSA-v64r-7wg9-23pr

Unauthenticated Craft CMS users can trigger a database backup

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2025-68456

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Packagist craftcms/cms >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.21 5.8.21
Packagist craftcms/cms >= 3.0.0, < 4.16.17 4.16.17

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

Unauthenticated users can trigger database backup operations the `updater/backup` action, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or information disclosure. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue. Craft 3 users should update to the latest Craft 4 and 5 releases, which include the fixes. References: https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/f83d4e0c6b906743206b4747db4abf8164b8da39 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/5.x/CHANGELOG.md#5821---2025-12-04 ## Affected Endpoints - `POST /admin/actions/updater/backup` (unauthenticated) ## Vulnerability Details ### Root Cause All `updater/*` actions are explicitly configured with anonymous access: ```php // BaseUpdaterController.php protected array|bool|int $allowAnonymous = self::ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LIVE | self::ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_OFFLINE; ``` ### Attack Vector 1. Send unauthenticated POST request to `/admin/actions/updater/backup` 2. Database backup executes with configured `backupCommand`

References

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