ProcessWire CMS vulnerable to resource-exhaustion Denial of Service

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2025-60790 · GHSA-9p44-q66p-xm6p · Published 21/10/2025 · updated 27/10/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
processwire/processwire Packagist	`≤ 3.0.246`	No fix yet
processwire processwire	`≤ 3.0.246`	No fix yet

Description

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60790 · ADVISORY
processwire/processwire-issues · WEB
NomanProdhan/security-vulnerability-research · WEB
processwire/processwire · PACKAGE

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