CVE-2025-7190
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7190 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Fabian Library Management System. 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 48.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
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.
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload in web application (/admin/student_edit_photo.php) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) to deploy executable web shells (T1100 for execution, T1505.003 for persistence), allowing remote code execution with system command capabilities.
NVD Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in code-projects Library Management System 2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/student_edit_photo.php. The manipulation of the argument photo leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the…
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attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7190 is a critical vulnerability in code-projects Library Management System 2.0, affecting an unknown part of the file /admin/student_edit_photo.php. The issue arises from manipulation of the photo argument, enabling unrestricted file upload. Published on 2025-07-08, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).
A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability with low privileges, requiring no user interaction and low attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling malicious file uploads that could lead to further compromise depending on the uploaded content.
Advisories and further details are documented in references such as VulDB entries (ctiid.315129, id.315129, submit.607202), a GitHub issue at github.com/y2xsec324/cve/issues/11, and code-projects.org. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers. No specific patch or mitigation guidance is detailed in the CVE description.
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