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CVE-2025-56274: Incorrect Access Control Vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System

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Overview

The recently discovered CVE-2025-56274 vulnerability reveals a significant flaw in the SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System 1.0. This vulnerability could allow low-privileged users to forge high privileged (such as admin) sessions and perform highly sensitive operations, which could lead to potential system compromise or data leakage. Given the sensitive nature of healthcare data, this vulnerability could pose a significant risk to pharmacies using the affected system, making it a matter of immediate concern.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-56274
Severity: High (CVSS: 8.1)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

Affected Products

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Product | Affected Versions

SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System | 1.0

How the Exploit Works

The CVE-2025-56274 exploit takes advantage of an insecure access control mechanism in the SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System. The system fails to properly validate user permissions during session initiation, which allows an attacker with low-level privileges to forge a high-level (admin) session. This gives the attacker the ability to perform sensitive operations such as adding new users, potentially leading to unauthorized access, system compromise, and data leakage.

Conceptual Example Code

The following pseudocode illustrates a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited:

POST /initiate_session HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user_id": "low_privilege_user_id",
"session_token": "forged_high_privilege_session_token"
}

In this example, the attacker uses a valid low privilege user id but forges the session token for a high privilege session. The system does not properly validate the session token against the user id, allowing the attacker to gain high privilege access.

Mitigation Guidance

To mitigate the CVE-2025-56274 vulnerability, it is strongly recommended that users of the affected system apply the patch provided by the vendor as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These systems can be configured to detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. However, these are only temporary solutions, and the patch application is the only definitive solution to this vulnerability.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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