@plone/volto vulnerable to potential DoS by invoking specific URL by anonymous user

CVE-2025-61668 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

When visiting a specific URL, an anonymous user could cause the NodeJS server part of Volto to quit with an error.

Patches

The problem has been patched and the patch has been backported to Volto major versions down until 16. It is advised to upgrade to the latest patch release of your respective current major version:

Workarounds

Make sure your setup automatically restarts processes that quit with an error. This won't prevent a crash, but it minimises downtime.

Report

The problem was discovered by FHNW, a client of Plone provider kitconcept, who shared it with the Plone Zope Security Team ([email protected]).

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
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Published (advisory)
2025-10-01 15:53:43 UTC
Updated
2025-10-03 13:22:46 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-10-01 15:53:43 UTC
NVD published
2025-10-02

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.10% 26.59%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.7 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-m8rj-ppph-mj33 ↗
CVE CVE-2025-61668 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Affected packages (4)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm @plone/volto < 16.34.1 16.34.1 —
npm @plone/volto >= 17.0.0, < 17.22.2 17.22.2 —
npm @plone/volto >= 18.0.0, < 18.27.2 18.27.2 —
npm @plone/volto >= 19.0.0-alpha.1, < 19.0.0-alpha.6 19.0.0-alpha.6 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence