Overview
The recently identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-47462, presents a significant threat to the cybersecurity landscape. This Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability is found in Ohidul Islam Challan, affecting all versions up to 3.7.58. The issue poses a considerable risk as it allows for Privilege Escalation, potentially compromising systems and leading to data leakage. The vulnerability’s severity is underlined by its CVSS Severity Score of 8.8, a clear indicator of its high impact.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-47462
Severity: High (CVSS: 8.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Impact: System compromise and potential data leakage
Affected Products
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Product | Affected Versions
Ohidul Islam Challan | up to 3.7.58
How the Exploit Works
The exploit takes advantage of a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ohidul Islam Challan. The attacker tricks a logged-in user into submitting a malicious request. This request is executed with the victim’s privileges, enabling the attacker to perform actions on the system that the victim has permissions for. This leads to privilege escalation and the potential for system compromise or data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
The following is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited in an HTTP POST request:
POST /challan/escalate HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
challanAction=privilegeEscalate&userID=...&sessionID=...&actionData=...In the above example, `challanAction=privilegeEscalate` triggers the privilege escalation, `userID` and `sessionID` would be the victim’s user and session IDs respectively, and `actionData` would contain the action to be performed by the escalated privileges.
Mitigation
The recommended mitigation strategy is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation to detect and prevent potential attacks exploiting this vulnerability. Regularly reviewing system logs for any suspicious activity is also advised.
