# CVE-2025-15393: Kohana KodiCMS Layout API Endpoint file.php save code injection

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary code via the Layout API endpoint in Kohana KodiCMS, leading to potential system compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5gjv-h9vc-2w8g

## What is CVE-2025-15393?

CVE-2025-15393 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Kohana KodiCMS, published on 31 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Kohana KodiCMS up to 13.82.135. This impacts the function Save of the file cms/modules/kodicms/classes/kodicms/model/file.php of the component Layout API Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument content leads to code injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15393?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kodicms-Kohana Kodicms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-15393?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15393 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15393 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Kohana KodiCMS

- [CVE-2025-15392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15392/): Kohana KodiCMS Search API Endpoint page.php like sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15393 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15393 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Kohana KodiCMS, published on 31 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15393 exists.

Affected product: Kohana KodiCMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15393/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15393/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15393
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15393
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15393

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15393/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.