craftcms/cms · Security

CraftCMS has an RCE vulnerability via relational conditionals in the control panel

GHSA ID
GHSA-fp5j-j7j4-mcxc
CVE ID
CVE-2026-31857
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
8.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Description

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the Craft CMS 5 conditions system.

The BaseElementSelectConditionRule::getElementIds() method passes user-controlled string input through renderObjectTemplate() -- an unsandboxed Twig rendering function with escaping disabled.

Any authenticated Control Panel user (including non-admin roles such as Author or Editor) can achieve full RCE by sending a crafted condition rule via standard element listing endpoints.

This vulnerability requires no admin privileges, no special permissions beyond basic control panel access, and bypasses all production hardening settings (allowAdminChanges: false, devMode: false, enableTwigSandbox: true).

Users should update to the patched 5.99 release to mitigate the issue.

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