CVE-2025-1355
Published: 16 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1355 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Needyamin Library Card System. 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 16.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-1355 is a critical vulnerability in the needyamin Library Card System version 1.0, affecting an unknown functionality within the /signup.php file of the Add Picture component. It enables unrestricted file uploads, stemming from CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type). The issue carries 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) and was published on 2025-02-16.
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling attackers to upload malicious files through the signup process.
Advisories from VulDB and related sources indicate the exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used, with a proof-of-concept available. The vendor was contacted early regarding the issue but provided no response, and no patches or official mitigations are referenced.
In notable context, the public disclosure includes details on achieving remote code execution via shell upload, as highlighted in community reports, increasing the risk for unpatched Library Card System deployments.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2116
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in needyamin Library Card System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /signup.php of the component Add Picture. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The…
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attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload in public web app directly enables initial access via T1190 and web shell deployment (T1505.003) for RCE.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates unrestricted file uploads by validating and sanitizing inputs to the Add Picture functionality in /signup.php, preventing dangerous file types like shells.
Enforces proper access controls to address CWE-284 improper access control, blocking unauthorized or unrestricted remote file uploads via signup.php.
Scans uploaded files for malicious code at network entry points or endpoints, preventing and detecting exploitation leading to remote code execution.