CVE-2025-7413
Published: 10 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7413 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Code-Projects Library System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Web Shell (T1505.003); 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?
The vulnerability enables unrestricted upload of malicious PHP files (e.g., webshells) to a web-accessible directory via a public-facing web application endpoint (/user/teacher/profile.php), facilitating web shell deployment (T1100) and exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190).
NVD Description
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in code-projects Library System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /user/teacher/profile.php. The manipulation of the argument image leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7413 is a critical vulnerability in code-projects Library System 1.0 that enables unrestricted file upload. The issue resides in an unknown part of the file /user/teacher/profile.php, where manipulation of the image argument allows attackers to upload files without restrictions. Classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), 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 was published on 2025-07-10.
An authenticated remote attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability without user interaction. By manipulating the image argument in requests to /user/teacher/profile.php, they can upload arbitrary files, potentially including dangerous types, leading to low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories reference the vendor site at code-projects.org and a GitHub issue at github.com/rom4j/cve/issues/16, along with VulDB entries detailing the issue (vuldb.com/?ctiid.315873, vuldb.com/?id.315873, vuldb.com/?submit.608533). The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing the risk of active exploitation. No specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the available information.
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