CVE-2025-60790
CVSS 6.5 Medium
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published: 2025-10-21T18:15:36.630
- Last modified: 1761581742
ProcessWire CMS 3.0.246 allows a low-privileged user with lang-edit to upload a crafted ZIP to Language Support that is auto-extracted without limits prior to validation, enabling resource-exhaustion Denial of Service.
Related CVE by CWE
No related CWE found.
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Recently Exploited Similar Vulnerabilities
No recent KEV-listed items for this vendor/product.
How to fix CVE-2025-60790
CVE-2025-60790 is a medium severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
Description: ProcessWire CMS 3.0.246 allows a low-privileged user with lang-edit to upload a crafted ZIP to Language Support that is auto-extracted without limits prior to validation, enabling resource-exhaustion Denial of Service. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorNo vendor taxonomy on this entry.Recently Exploited Similar VulnerabilitiesNo recent KEV-listed items for this vendor/product.
Exploit Difficulty: EASY
⏱️ Time to exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Required skills: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: Likely available
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Description: ProcessWire CMS 3.0.246 allows a low-privileged user with lang-edit to upload a crafted ZIP to Language Support that is auto-extracted without limits prior to validation, enabling resource-exhaustion Denial of Service. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorNo vendor taxonomy on this entry.Recently Exploited Similar VulnerabilitiesNo recent KEV-listed items for this vendor/product.
Exploit Difficulty: EASY
⏱️ Time to exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Required skills: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: Likely available
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
2 Immediate actions
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
EASY
Time to Exploit: < 1 hour
Skills Required: Basic web security knowledge
Public Exploits: Likely available
Vulnerability Timeline
Oct 21, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Jan 01, 1970
Last Modified
CVE details were updated
Oct 28, 2025
Imported to Database
Added to this CVE tracking system
Detection Rules & IOCs
No specific detection rules generated for this vulnerability type.
No vendor/product data available.