# CVE-2025-1688: System configuration password reset

> Upgrading Milestone XProtect with specific installers resets the optional system configuration password, bypassing this security feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xhqv-r4f7-v88g

## 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 (Use of Default Cryptographic Key)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1688 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Milestone Systems XProtect VMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1688/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1688
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1688
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1688

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1688/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.