Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-3960

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 April 2025

Published
27 April 2025
Modified
12 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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:X
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-3960 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Withstars Books-Management-System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 34.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /allreaders.html of the component Background Interface. The manipulation leads to missing authorization. The attack may…

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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

withstars
books-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-862 CWE-863

Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandates authorization checks before permitting access or data processing via external systems.

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