Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-9757

Craftcms Craft Cms ≤ 3.3.0

Public PoCHigh EPSS
Published
04 March 2020
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.73 99.4th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2020-9757 is a critical-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The SEOmatic component before 3.3.0 for Craft CMS allows Server-Side Template Injection that leads to RCE via malformed data to the metacontainers controller.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Server-Side Template Injection in a public-facing Craft CMS component directly enables remote code execution against the web application.
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Executionconfidence: HIGH
Successful SSTI exploitation results in arbitrary command execution on the server.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Executionconfidence: MEDIUM
RCE payload delivered via the vulnerable web component can be triggered by client interaction with the CMS.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

craftcms
craft cms
≤ 3.3.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-74

Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.

addresses: CWE-74

Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and output encoding that prevent injection flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development catches injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging supports detection of injection attempts but does not prevent the weakness.

detects

Monitoring activities can identify active injection attacks after they occur.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent injection flaws.

prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection attacks in software design.

prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce injection surfaces but do not prescribe specific neutralization techniques.

References