CVE-2025-6843
Published: 29 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-6843 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Fabian Simple Photo Gallery. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 41.0% 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-2025-19471
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Simple Photo Gallery 1.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file /upload-photo.php. The manipulation of the argument file_img leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch…
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the attack 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 PHP web application (/upload-photo.php), enabling exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), deployment of executable web shells (T1100), ingress of tools or malware (T1105), and uploading tools to compromised web servers (T1608.002 as noted in advisory).
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.