CVE-2025-60790
ProcessWire CMS vulnerable to resource-exhaustion Denial of Service
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-60790- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-35198
6.5
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-35198- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p
5.7
ProcessWire CMS vulnerable to resource-exhaustion Denial of Service
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.
- Record
GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-409
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-60790- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-60790- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p
5.7
ProcessWire CMS vulnerable to resource-exhaustion Denial of Service
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.
- Record
GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-409
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
processwire/processwirePackagist |
through 3.0.246 | None known |
processwire/processwirePackagist |
through 3.0.246, plus listed versions 3.0.1233.0.1483.0.1643.0.1653.0.184 Show 15 moreShow less3.0.2003.0.2103.0.2263.0.2273.0.2443.0.343.0.353.0.363.0.393.0.413.0.423.0.613.0.623.0.963.0.98 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-60790 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Processwire, published October 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/processwire/processwire-issues/issues/2120
github.com/NomanProdhan/security-vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2025-60790
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60790
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/60xxx/CVE-2025-60790.json
github.com/processwire/processwire