CVE-2025-5149
Published: 25 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5149 is a medium-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in Wcms Wcms. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 24.4% 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-2025-16240
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in WCMS up to 8.3.11. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getMemberByUid of the file /index.php?articleadmin/getallcon of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument uid leads to improper…
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authentication. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287) in WCMS login allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication by manipulating the 'uid' parameter, enabling unauthorized access via exploitation of a public-facing web 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.
Detects unauthorized successful logons resulting from improper authentication implementations.
Documented procedures ensure personnel are trained on authentication mechanisms, tangibly lowering the risk of improper authentication being exploited.
Security awareness training instructs users on secure authentication practices and avoiding credential compromise.
Training on authentication mechanisms and best practices decreases the occurrence of improper authentication.
Non-repudiation requires strong authentication mechanisms to irrefutably attribute performed actions to specific individuals or processes.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Review of authentication-related audit records can detect improper authentication mechanisms or bypasses.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.