CVE-2025-60500
Published: 21 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-60500 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Qdocs Smart School. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 41.1th 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-2025-35195
Vulnerability details
QDocs Smart School Management System 7.1 allows authenticated users with roles such as "accountant" or "admin" to bypass file type restrictions in the media upload feature by abusing the alternate YouTube URL option. This logic flaw permits uploading of arbitrary…
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PHP files, which are stored in a web-accessible directory.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability enables authenticated users to bypass file upload restrictions and store arbitrary PHP files in a web-accessible directory, facilitating remote code execution via web shells (T1100, T1505.003) and exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068).
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 identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.