Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-3537

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 13 April 2025

Published
13 April 2025
Modified
05 June 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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 0.0022 44.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-3537 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Tutorials-Website Employee Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.6th 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 Tutorials-Website Employee Management System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/update-user.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to improper authorization. It is possible to initiate…

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the attack 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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tutorials-website
employee management system
1.0

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.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-266

Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-266

Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-266

Specifying access authorizations for each account and requiring approvals for account requests enforces proper authorization decisions.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-639

The control mandates authorization decisions for each access request, reducing the ability to exploit improper authorization weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-639

The control requires checking and applying authorization decisions per policy, preventing improper authorization.

addresses: CWE-266 CWE-285

The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.

addresses: CWE-266 CWE-285

Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.

addresses: CWE-285

The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.

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