Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2093

LowPublic PoC

Published: 07 March 2025

Published
07 March 2025
Modified
03 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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:X
EPSS Score 0.0013 31.5th percentile
Risk Priority 5 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2093 is a low-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Online Library Management System. Its CVSS base score is 2.3 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 31.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Library Management System 3.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /change-password.php. The manipulation of the argument email/phone number leads to weak password…

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recovery. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-640

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence
Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
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Why these techniques?

Vulnerability in public-facing /change-password.php enables remote exploitation (T1190) to manipulate accounts by changing arbitrary user passwords without proper verification (T1098) via weak password recovery relying solely on email/phone (T1552).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
online library management system
3.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

IA-5 Authenticator Management
addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

References