CVE-2025-1165
Published: 11 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1165 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 38.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-1165 is a critical vulnerability in Lumsoft ERP 8, affecting the DoUpload and DoWebUpload functions within the /Api/FileUploadApi.ashx file. The issue arises from manipulation of the 'file' argument, enabling unrestricted file upload. It is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-11.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to upload arbitrary files to the server, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a low degree as per the CVSS assessment.
Advisories and details are available from VulDB (ctiid.295068, id.295068, submit.494516) and a GitHub report at https://github.com/Rain1er/report/blob/main/Lserp/fileUpload_1.md.
The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2039
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Lumsoft ERP 8. Affected is the function DoUpload/DoWebUpload of the file /Api/FileUploadApi.ashx. The manipulation of the argument file leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload in public-facing web API (DoUpload/DoWebUpload) directly enables remote exploitation of the application and deployment of web shells for persistence/remote access.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-10 requires validation of file inputs to the DoUpload/DoWebUpload functions, directly preventing unrestricted upload of dangerous file types by checking content, type, and structure.
AC-3 enforces access control policies on the /Api/FileUploadApi.ashx endpoint, blocking unauthorized manipulation of the 'file' argument by unauthenticated remote attackers.
SI-9 restricts the classes of files and data volume accepted by the upload API, mitigating unrestricted uploads by whitelisting safe inputs only.