Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-25928

CSRF in Openmrs 2.4.3

Public PoCCSRF
Published
11 March 2025
Modified
07 July 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 8.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0028 20th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-25928 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Openmrs Openmrs. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20th 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 map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — 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-2025-25928 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, affecting the /admin/users/user.form component in OpenMRS 2.4.3 Build 0ff0ed. Published on 2025-03-11, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H). The issue enables attackers to execute arbitrary operations through crafted requests targeting this endpoint.

A low-privileged authenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability by tricking a user into performing an action, such as visiting a malicious site that submits a forged request to the /admin/users/user.form endpoint. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to elevate a low-privileged account to an administrative role.

Mitigation details and further technical analysis, including a proof-of-concept, are documented in the referenced GitHub repositories at https://github.com/johnchd/CVEs/blob/main/OpenMRS/CVE-2025-25928%20-%20CSRF%20PrivEsc.md.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the component /admin/users/user.form of Openmrs 2.4.3 Build 0ff0ed allows attackers to execute arbitrary operations via a crafted request. In this case, an attacker could elevate a low-privileged account to an administrative role by leveraging…

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the CSRF vulnerability at the /admin/users/user.form endpoint.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

openmrs
openmrs
2.4.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.

Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

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.

mitigates

By denying access to phishing or malicious sites, the control lowers the likelihood that a user will be tricked into submitting a forged request that performs an unintended action on another site.

none

Contextual intelligence about emerging CSRF toolkits can be translated into updated anti-CSRF token or same-site policy configurations across applications.

References