{"id":37959,"date":"2025-05-14T03:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:44:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:18:30","slug":"cve-2025-47462-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ohidul-islam-challan-leading-to-privilege-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47462-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ohidul-islam-challan-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-47462: Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Ohidul Islam Challan Leading to Privilege Escalation<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27134-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joplin-note-taking-app\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42690\">Privilege Escalation<\/a>, potentially compromising systems and leading to data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2812-severe-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-mydata-informatics-ticket-sales-automation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42746\">vulnerability&#8217;s severity<\/a> is underlined by its CVSS Severity Score of 8.8, a clear indicator of its high impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-47462<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43059\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1086985018\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Ohidul Islam Challan | up to 3.7.58<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47533-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-iqonic-design-graphina\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44193\">Cross-Site Request Forgery<\/a> (CSRF) vulnerability in Ohidul Islam Challan. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77218\">attacker tricks a logged-in user into submitting a malicious request<\/a>. This request is executed with the victim&#8217;s privileges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46342-kyverno-policy-engine-vulnerability-enables-unauthorized-actions-in-kubernetes\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42695\">enabling the attacker to perform actions<\/a> on the system that the victim has permissions for. This leads to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21416-azure-virtual-desktop-privilege-escalation-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42735\">privilege escalation<\/a> and the potential for system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3225555782\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29972-server-side-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-azure-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44736\">vulnerability might be exploited in an HTTP POST request<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/challan\/escalate HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nchallanAction=privilegeEscalate&amp;userID=...&amp;sessionID=...&amp;actionData=...<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, `challanAction=privilegeEscalate` triggers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3746-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-otp-less-one-tap-sign-in-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42900\">privilege escalation<\/a>, `userID` and `sessionID` would be the victim&#8217;s user and session IDs respectively, and `actionData` would contain the action to be performed by the escalated privileges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49129-stack-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43537\">potential attacks exploiting this vulnerability<\/a>. Regularly reviewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-20653-microsoft-common-log-file-system-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47661\">system logs<\/a> for any suspicious activity is also advised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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