ProcessWire CMS 3.0.246 allows a low-privileged user with lang-edit to upload a crafted…
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00433 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | processwire/processwire (Packagist) | up to 3.0.246 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- processwire/processwire (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 3.0.246 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:processwire:processwire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 3.0.246 | Vulnerable | Processwire |
- cpe:2.3:a:processwire:processwire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.246 Vulnerable ·Processwire
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-60790
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p
References
More Processwire vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10250 An issue found in ProcessWire 3.0.210 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-27686 Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ProcessWire v.3.0.229 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.2
- TI-2020-16673 A Directory Traversal vulnerability exits in Processwire CMS before 2.7.1 via the download parameter to index.php. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-19213 ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-19214 ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-60790 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-60790 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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