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CVE-2025-60790

ProcessWire CMS vulnerable to resource-exhaustion Denial of Service

6.5 Medium

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

0.43%Up 0.4 points since Oct 22, 2025
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
processwire/processwire
Packagist
through 3.0.246 None known
processwire/processwire
Packagist
through 3.0.246, plus listed versions
3.0.1233.0.1483.0.1643.0.1653.0.184
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3.0.2003.0.2103.0.2263.0.2273.0.2443.0.343.0.353.0.363.0.393.0.413.0.423.0.613.0.623.0.963.0.98
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE 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

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