MODULE

Craft CMS Image Transform Preauth RCE (CVE-2025-32432)

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Craft CMS Image Transform Preauth RCE (CVE-2025-32432)

Disclosed
04/14/2025
Created
05/01/2025

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Craft CMS versions 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x < 5.6.17 via the image transform endpoint. It injects a PHP Meterpreter payload into the Craft session, then triggers its execution by abusing the Yii behavior gadget chain (PhpManager) on the generate-transform endpoint. Discovered in the wild by Orange Cyberdefense CSIRT and assigned CVE-2025-32432.

Author(s)

  • Nicolas Bourras (Orange Cyberdefense)
  • Valentin Lobstein

Platform

Linux,PHP,Unix

Architectures

php, cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/http/craftcms_preauth_rce_cve_2025_32432
msf exploit(craftcms_preauth_rce_cve_2025_32432) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(craftcms_preauth_rce_cve_2025_32432) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(craftcms_preauth_rce_cve_2025_32432) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(craftcms_preauth_rce_cve_2025_32432) > exploit

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