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CVE-2024-56145

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-56145 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Craft CMS versions 3.9.13 and earlier, 4.13.1 and earlier, and 5.5.1 and earlier, specifically when the php.ini configuration has register_argc_argv enabled. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available via Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including warnings from CISA.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.9.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

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:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
97.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jun 2, 2025
Metasploit: Craft CMS Twig Template Injection RCE via FTP Templates Path · Dec 19, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2024-56145 · Dec 29, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9745 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: craftcms/cmsFixed in: 5.5.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: craftcms/cmsFixed in: 4.13.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: craftcms/cmsFixed in: 3.9.14
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-2p6p-9rc9-62j9critical

Craft CMS has potential RCE when PHP `register_argc_argv` config setting is enabled

Dec 18, 2024

References

github.com / Chocapikk/CVE-2024-56145
Exploit
cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
github.com / craftcms/cms/commit/82e893fb794d30563da296bca31379c0df0079b3
Patch
github.com / craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2p6p-9rc9-62j9
Vendor Advisory