Overview

CVE-2025-61665 discloses a significant security vulnerability in WeGIA, an open-source web manager primarily utilized by charitable organizations. The vulnerability is critical as it potentially allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive personal and financial information of the members without any need for authentication or authorization. The impact of such a vulnerability could be damaging, given the potential for system compromise and data leakage.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-61665
Severity: High (CVSS: 7.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise and data leakage

Affected Products

Product | Affected Versions

WeGIA Web Manager| Versions 3.4.12 and below

How the Exploit Works

The vulnerability exists in the get_relatorios_socios.php endpoint, which fails to properly enforce access controls. This allows an attacker to make unauthorized requests to this endpoint and retrieve sensitive data without the need for authentication or authorization. This vulnerability is considered to be a Broken Access Control vulnerability and is a prevalent issue in many web applications.

Conceptual Example Code

The following is a
conceptual
example of how a potential attack could take place. It demonstrates a request to the vulnerable endpoint that could be used to retrieve sensitive data.

GET /get_relatorios_socios.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com

This simple GET request to the vulnerable endpoint would return sensitive data that should only be accessible to authenticated and authorized users.

Mitigation Guidance

Users of WeGIA Web Manager version 3.4.12 and below are advised to upgrade to version 3.5.0, which contains a fix for this vulnerability. Alternatively, users could employ a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability until they can upgrade to a patched version.