🛡️ CVE-2025-67168 — ritecms

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-67168 is classified as CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. Passwords are hashed with a function fast enough to make large-scale guessing practical.

Affected software

CVE-2025-67168 is recorded against 1 package.

• ritecms

Timeline and source

Published on 17 December 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

ritecms has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-67171 (7.5 High, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-67170 (6.1 Medium, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-67174 (7.5 High, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-67173 (6.8 Medium, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-67172 (7.2 High, published 17 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2024-28623 (6.1 Medium, published 13 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2023-44767 (4.8 Medium, published 25 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-43877 (4.8 Medium, published 4 Oct 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort) in other software:

• CVE-2026-49005 (2.4 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-57310 (published 20 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-5040 (6.7 Medium, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-55069 (8.7 High, published 26 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-9641 (5.3 Medium, published 12 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-25861 (5.9 Medium, published 2 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-44611 (5.4 Medium, published 29 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-30789 (9.8 Critical, published 5 Mar 2026)

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