Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-45949

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 28 April 2025

Published
28 April 2025
Modified
30 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 40.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-45949 is a critical-severity Session Fixation (CWE-384) vulnerability in Phpgurukul User Registration \& Login And User Management System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.0th 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 critical vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System V3.3 in the /loginsystem/change-password.php file of the user panel - Change Password component. Improper handling of session data allows a Session Hijacking attack, exploitable remotely…

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and leading to account takeover.

CWE(s)
CWE-384

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) through improper session handling, facilitating session hijacking for account takeover equivalent to stealing web session cookies (T1539).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
user registration \& login and user management system
3.3

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.

AC-12 Session Termination
addresses: CWE-384

Session termination after a set interval shortens the usable lifetime of a fixed session identifier, making successful exploitation of session fixation more difficult.

IA-11 Re-authentication
addresses: CWE-384

Re-authentication typically forces issuance of a new session, limiting the window for exploitation of a previously fixed session identifier.

SC-23 Session Authenticity
addresses: CWE-384

Enforces proper session ID generation and binding, preventing fixation of a known session token.

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