Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-65518
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
Plesk Obsidian versions 8.0.1 through 18.0.73 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists in the get_password.php endpoint, where a crafted request containing a malicious payload can cause the affected web interface to continuously reload, rendering the service unavailable to legitimate users. An attacker can exploit this issue remotely without authentication, resulting in a persistent availability impact on the affected Plesk Obsidian instance.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-606 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/Jainil-89/CVE-2025-65518/blob/main/cve.md
- https://docs.plesk.com/release-notes/obsidian/change-log/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-65518 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2428098 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-65518.json x_sadp-csaf-vex