CVE-2025-50490
Published: 28 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-50490 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Student Result Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 40.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22932
Vulnerability details
Improper session invalidation in the component /elms/emp-changepassword.php of PHPGurukul Student Result Management System v2.0 allows attackers to execute a session hijacking attack.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The improper session invalidation vulnerability in the public-facing web application's change password component enables remote exploitation (T1190) to conduct browser session hijacking (T1185).
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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.