CVE-2025-70758
Published: 03 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-70758 is a high-severity Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CWE-703) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
Implements explicit check and handling for the exceptional condition of audit logging process failure.
Establishing and monitoring system metrics with correlation and response actions helps identify and address improper handling of exceptional conditions.
Provides a defined response to detected conditions by restricting operation, ensuring exceptional conditions are handled rather than ignored or mishandled.
Contingency training equips users with defined procedures to check and respond to exceptional conditions during disruptions, reducing exploitation of mishandled errors.
Testing verifies the system's ability to detect, handle, and recover from exceptional conditions as part of the plan, reducing exploitability of improper exception handling.
Regular updates keep contingency procedures aligned with system changes, providing structured handling for exceptional conditions that would otherwise allow unmitigated exploitation.
Policy defines checks and handling for exceptional conditions arising from security incidents.
Performing IR tests ensures exceptional conditions are properly checked and handled to enable effective response.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Authentication bypass in public-facing PHP web app directly enables remote exploitation of the application without credentials.
NVD Description
chetans9 core-php-admin-panel through commit a94a780d6 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in includes/auth_validate.php. The application sends an HTTP redirect via header(Location:login.php) when a user is not authenticated but fails to call exit() afterward. This allows remote unauthenticated attackers to access protected…
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pages.customer database.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-70758 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the chetans9 core-php-admin-panel project through commit a94a780d6. The flaw exists in the includes/auth_validate.php component, where the application issues an HTTP redirect header (Location: login.php) upon detecting an unauthenticated user but neglects to invoke exit() afterward. This CWE-703 improper check or handling of exceptional conditions allows the script to continue execution, exposing protected resources. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact.
Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By directly accessing protected endpoints, attackers bypass the authentication check, as the redirect header is sent but the response body—including sensitive data from protected pages and the customer database—continues to be served before the browser follows the redirect.
References for CVE-2025-70758 include a vulnerability research repository at https://github.com/XavLimSG/Vulnerability-Research/tree/main/CVE-2025-70758, the affected core-php-admin-panel project at https://github.com/chetans9/core-php-admin-panel, and the specific vulnerable file at https://github.com/chetans9/core-php-admin-panel/blob/master/includes/auth_validate.php. No vendor advisories or patches are detailed in the provided information.
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