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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-1588 is a medium-severity Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Online Nurse Hiring System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 46% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-1588 is a path traversal vulnerability classified as critical in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. It affects unknown code within the file /admin/manage-nurse.php, where manipulation of the profilepic argument enables traversal sequences such as '../filedir'. The issue, associated with CWEs-22, CWE-23, and CWE-24, was published on 2025-02-23 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication, privileges, or user interaction, requiring only low attack complexity over the network. Exploitation allows limited impacts to integrity (I:L) and availability (A:L), with no confidentiality loss, potentially enabling unauthorized file operations outside the intended directory via the manipulated profilepic parameter.
Advisories from VulDB (ctiid.296572, id.296572, submit.505441) and a GitHub issue (wqywfvc/CVE/issues/16) detail the vulnerability, noting public disclosure of the exploit which may be used by attackers. The vendor site phpgurukul.com is referenced, though specific mitigation or patch details are not outlined in these initial reports; the researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4408
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/manage-nurse.php. The manipulation of the argument profilepic leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The initial researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Explicit validation of path inputs stops .. sequences from ever being interpreted by the file system.
Information-flow rules can be configured to reject traversals that would move data outside an approved directory boundary.
Least privilege reduces the set of reachable files even when a traversal succeeds.
Secure-engineering principles require safe pathname construction and input neutralization before any file operation.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that prevent relative traversal.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure coding standards require neutralizing ../ sequences and canonicalizing paths before file operations.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis, but does not itself implement the fix.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly prevent relative path traversal.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against path traversal and other injection flaws.
Secure architecture principles include directory isolation and canonicalization, reducing but not eliminating traversal risk.
Information access restriction limits which files can be reached, mitigating impact but not preventing the traversal flaw.