8ug could allow remote code execution.
Attacks are leveraging a high-severity code injection vulnerability in the Craft content management system.
Tracked as CVE-2025-23209, and included in CISAs Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, the bug affects several Craft CMS 4 and 5 versions with compromised user security keys to facilitate remote code execution, according to The Hacker News.
Organisations with vulnerable Craft CMS instances that could not apply the updated software iteration were urged by the company to rotate their security keys and implement additional privacy measures to avert potential compromise.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
