CVE-2025-68436: craftcms cms · Information Exposure
Affects craftcms cmsSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium : upgrade to 5.8.21 or 4.16.17 when convenient.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 5.8.21, 4.16.17
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:UExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade craftcms cms to 5.8.21 or 4.16.17.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| craftcmscms | Affected
| Fixed in
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| craftcmscms | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
- Upgrade Craft CMS installations to versions 5.8.21 or 4.16.17 immediately to apply the official patches addressing this vulnerability.
- Review and tighten access controls on user profile assets, ensuring that only authorized users can access sensitive information.
- Implement monitoring and alerting for unusual access patterns to user profile photos or related assets, especially from authenticated users.
- Conduct regular audits of user permissions to minimize the number of users with unnecessary access rights.
- Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious requests targeting user profile assets.
- Educate administrators and developers on secure handling of user-generated content and asset management within the CMS.
- Consider additional logging and forensic readiness to quickly investigate any suspected exploitation attempts.
- Integrate vulnerability scanning into the CI/CD pipeline to detect outdated Craft CMS versions proactively.
Description
CVE-2025-68436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Craft CMS versions 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.16.16 and 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 that allows authenticated users to expose sensitive assets via their user profile photo through crafted requests. The flaw involves unauthorized exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges beyond authentication.