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title: "CVE-2025-67165: Pagekit CMS has an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in its User Role component"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-67165/
description: "CVE-2025-67165 (pagekit/pagekit (Composer (PHP))): An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in Pagekit CMS v1.0.18 allows attackers to escalate privileges."
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-12-17
date_modified: 2025-12-18
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-67165"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00499
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2025-67165: Pagekit CMS has an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in its User Role component

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.5% , percentile 42: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes pagekit/pagekit (Composer (PHP)) <= 1.0.18, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in Pagekit CMS v1.0.18 allows attackers to escalate privileges.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `pagekit/pagekit` <= 1.0.18 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- n/a n/a: see advisory

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 42.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-w3j8-9p3j-3wjx](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3j8-9p3j-3wjx)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-67165](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67165)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-67165](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67165)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pagekit/docs/blob/develop/user-interface/users.md#roles)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pagekit/docs/blob/develop/user-interface/users.md#permissions)
- [github.com](https://github.com/mbiesiad/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-67165)

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