CVE-2025-1688
System configuration password reset
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
System configuration password reset
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
- Record
CVE-2025-1688- CVSS 4.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1394
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10950
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10950- CVSS 4.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhqv-r4f7-v88g
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that...
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
- Record
GHSA-xhqv-r4f7-v88g- CVSS 4.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-1394
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
- Record
CVE-2025-1688- CVSS 4.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1394
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-1688 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Milestone Systems Xprotect Vms, published April 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.