What is CVE-2025-67168?

CVE-2025-67168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ritecms, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-67168?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ritecms

CVE-2025-67168

RiteCMS v3.1.0 was discovered to use insecure encryption to store passwords.

Published 2025-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Ritecms — versions 3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-916 — Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

github.com/handylulu/RiteCMS (Product)
github.com/handylulu/RiteCMS/blob/master/cms/includes/functions.admin.inc.php (Product)
github.com/mbiesiad/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-67168 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-67168?: CVE-2025-67168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ritecms, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-67168?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.