CVE-2026-33157: Craft CMS is Vulnerable to Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Malicious Attached Behavior
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A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Craft CMS 5.x and 4.x that bypasses the security fixes for GHSA-7jx7-3846-m7w7 and GHSA-255j-qw47-wjh5. This vulnerability can be exploited by any authenticated user with control panel access.
The existing patches add cleanseConfig() to assembleLayoutFromPost() and various FieldsController actions to strip Yii2 behavior/event injection keys (as and on prefixed keys). However, the fieldLayouts parameter in ElementIndexesController::actionFilterHud() is passed directly to FieldLayout::createFromConfig() without any sanitization, enabling the same behavior injection attack chain.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-255j-qw47-wjh5
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fph-6v5w-89hh
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jx7-3846-m7w7
- github.com/craftcms/cms
- github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/97e90b4bdee369c1af3ca77a77531132df240e4e
- github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.9.13
- github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-2fph-6v5w-89hh
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33157
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