CVE-2026-92592

Summary

Craft CMS 4.8.0 through 4.18.5 and 5.0.0 through 5.10.12 sign an authenticated user's attacker-controlled license-shun cookie with the same key and format used to validate signed redirect parameters, because the HMAC signature is not bound to its purpose (Yii's cookieValidationKey is derived from the same Craft securityKey used for signed request parameters). An authenticated, non-administrator user (Control Panel access is not required) can set the cookie via the license-shun endpoint and transplant the signed envelope into the redirect parameter; on a successful login, Craft validates the signature and renders the authenticated bytes as an unsandboxed Twig template, where Twig's map filter accepts a string callback and allows PHP system() to execute arbitrary operating-system commands as the web-server user. Exploitation requires an account using password authentication without active 2FA, the default request configuration, and availability of PHP system(). The issue is fixed in 4.18.6 and 5.10.13.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
craftcmscms4.8.0 < 4.18.6affected
craftcmscms4.18.6unaffected
craftcmscms5.0.0 < 5.10.13affected
craftcmscms5.10.13unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1336: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

References