Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-2973

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 31 March 2025

Published
31 March 2025
Modified
10 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0030 53.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may upload tools to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-2973 is a critical vulnerability in code-projects College Management System 1.0, affecting an unknown part of the file /Admin/student.php. The issue arises from manipulation of the profile_image argument, enabling unrestricted file upload. It was published on 2025-03-31 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), with associated CWEs CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).

A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation allows uploading arbitrary files, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a low degree within the unchanged scope.

Advisories provide further details via VulDB entries (ctiid.302025, id.302025, submit.522478) and the vendor site at code-projects.org. A GitHub repository (hak0neP/cve/blob/main/cve-RCE.md) discloses the exploit publicly, indicating it may be used in attacks. No specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the CVE information.

The exploit disclosure heightens the risk for deployments of College Management System 1.0.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-284CWE-434

Affected Products

code-projects
college management system
1.0

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1608.001 Upload Malware Resource Development
Adversaries may upload malware to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting.
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T1608.002 Upload Tool Resource Development
Adversaries may upload tools to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting.
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Why these techniques?

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in public-facing web application (/Admin/student.php) enables exploitation for initial access (T1190), deployment of web shells (T1505.003), and staging of malware/tools (T1608.001/.002), as confirmed by advisories noting RCE via uploaded Trojans.

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