CVE-2025-5299
Published: 28 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5299 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Lerouxyxchire Client Database Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 49.3% 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-2025-16331
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Client Database Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /user_order_customer_update.php. The manipulation of the argument uploaded_file_cancelled leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The CVE describes an unauthenticated unrestricted file upload vulnerability in a public-facing web application (/user_order_customer_update.php), enabling remote exploitation (T1190) and upload/execution of malicious PHP web shells for server control (T1505.003), as demonstrated in the POC.
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.
This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.
Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.