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CVE-2025-68436VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-68436: craftcms cms · Information Exposure

Affects craftcms cmsSource CVE Database V5

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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, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:U

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade craftcms cms to 5.8.21 or 4.16.17.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
craftcmscmsAffected
  • >=5.0.0-RC1 <5.8.21
  • >=4.0.0-RC1 <4.16.17
Fixed in
  • 5.8.21
  • 4.16.17
GitHubcraftcms/cmspkg:github/craftcms/cmsOther threatsAffected–Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

1. Upgrade Craft CMS installations to versions 5.8.21 or 4.16.17 immediately to apply the official patches addressing this vulnerability. 2. Review and tighten access controls on user profile assets, ensuring that only authorized users can access sensitive information. 3. Implement monitoring and alerting for unusual access patterns to user profile photos or related assets, especially from authenticated users. 4. Conduct regular audits of user permissions to minimize the number of users with unnecessary access rights. 5. Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious requests targeting user profile assets. 6. Educate administrators and developers on secure handling of user-generated content and asset management within the CMS. 7. Consider additional logging and forensic readiness to quickly investigate any suspected exploitation attempts. 8. 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.

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