CVE-2025-1688 System configuration password reset
Upgrading Milestone XProtect with specific installers resets the optional system configuration password, bypassing this security feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1688?
CVE-2025-1688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Milestone Systems XProtect VMS, published on 15 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Milestone Systems has discovered a security vulnerability in Milestone XProtect installer that resets system configuration password after the upgrading from older versions using specific installers.
The system configuration password is an additional, optional protection that is enabled on the Management Server.
To mitigate the issue, we highly recommend updating system configuration password via GUI with a standard procedure.
Any system upgraded with 2024 R1 or 2024 R2 release installer is vulnerable to this issue.
Systems upgraded from 2023 R3 or older with version 2025 R1 and newer are not affected.
Weakness: CWE-1394
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1688?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1688?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhqv-r4f7-v88g.