CVE-2025-12202VulnerabilityPublished 27 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-12202: ajayrandhawa User-Management-PHP-MYSQL web · Cross-Site Request Forgery

Affects ajayrandhawa User-Management-PHP-MYSQL webSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base metrics

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Passive
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: Low
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Threat metrics

Exploit Maturity: POC

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Passive: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires limited interaction by the targeted user with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload. These interactions would be considered involuntary and do not require that the user actively subvert protections built into the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Exploit Maturity: POC: Based on threat intelligence sources each of the following must apply: · Proof-of-concept is publicly available · No knowledge of reported attempts to exploit this vulnerability · No knowledge of publicly available solutions used to simplify attempts to exploit the vulnerability

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

Given the absence of official patches, European organizations should implement immediate compensating controls to mitigate this CSRF vulnerability. First, enforce anti-CSRF tokens in all state-changing HTTP requests within the user management application to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources. Second, implement SameSite cookie attributes (preferably 'Strict' or 'Lax') to limit cookie transmission in cross-site contexts. Third, require re-authentication or multi-factor authentication (MFA) for sensitive operations to reduce the risk of unauthorized changes. Fourth, conduct thorough code reviews and penetration testing focusing on CSRF and related web vulnerabilities. Fifth, monitor web application logs for unusual or suspicious requests that could indicate exploitation attempts. Sixth, consider deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with rules to detect and block CSRF attack patterns. Finally, if feasible, replace or upgrade the vulnerable user management system with a more secure alternative that follows secure development practices and provides timely security updates. Organizations should also maintain awareness of any future vendor updates or community patches and apply them promptly.

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in ajayrandhawa User-Management-PHP-MYSQL web up to fedcf58797bf2791591606f7b61fdad99ad8bff1. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Impact

For European organizations using the ajayrandhawa User-Management-PHP-MYSQL web application, this CSRF vulnerability poses a risk of unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of legitimate users. Potential impacts include unauthorized changes to user account details, privilege escalation if administrative functions are exposed, and manipulation of user data integrity. Although confidentiality and availability impacts are minimal, the integrity compromise can lead to trust issues, compliance violations (especially under GDPR if personal data is affected), and operational disruptions. The public availability of exploit code increases the risk of opportunistic attacks, particularly targeting organizations with less mature security controls or those relying heavily on this specific user management system. European organizations with web-facing user management portals are especially vulnerable if they do not implement CSRF protections or other compensating controls. The lack of vendor response and patch availability further exacerbates the threat, requiring organizations to rely on internal mitigations. The rolling release nature of the product complicates patch management and vulnerability tracking, increasing exposure time.

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