CVE-2025-68456 is a critical vulnerability affecting Craft CMS versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 and 3.0.0 through 4.16.16. Unauthenticated attackers can trigger database backup operations, leading to potential resource exhaustion or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation. Users are urged to update to patched versions 5.8.21 or 4.16.17 immediately.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 4.16.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.1, < 5.8.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
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