CVE-2025-4887
Published: 18 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-4887 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Senior-Walter Online Student Clearance System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35.9th 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-15638
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit…
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has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2025-4887 is a CSRF vulnerability in a public-facing web application (SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0), enabling remote exploitation of unknown functionality to perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, directly mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
Affected Assets
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.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.