VulnerabilityPublished 30 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-8119: Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affects Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMSSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium · end of life, no fix coming : replace or isolate Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS; no fix will be released.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.1Medium

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: None coming – the product is end of life

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

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

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: Active: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a targeted user to perform specific, conscious interactions with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload, or the user’s interactions would actively subvert protection mechanisms which would lead to exploitation of the vulnerability.
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.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Sep 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 26 Oct 2026.

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 or the CVSS exploit maturity 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

No fix will be released: Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS is end of life. Replace it, or isolate it from untrusted networks until you can.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Given the lack of official patches, European organizations should implement compensating controls immediately. These include disabling or restricting access to the password reset functionality if feasible, especially on public-facing portals. Organizations should consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious POST requests targeting the password reset endpoints. Implementing CSRF tokens manually through custom development or middleware can help prevent unauthorized requests. User education campaigns to raise awareness about phishing and malicious links are critical to reduce the risk of user interaction exploitation. Additionally, organizations should plan for migration to a supported CMS platform with active security maintenance. Regular audits of user accounts and monitoring for unusual password changes or login attempts can help detect exploitation attempts early. Network segmentation and strict access controls around CMS administration interfaces can further reduce risk.

Description

CVE-2025-8119 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the password reset functionality of the Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD) CMS. An attacker can craft a malicious website that, when visited by an authenticated user, triggers a POST request to change the user's password without their consent. This vulnerability affects all three templates of PAD CMS: www, bip, and www+bip. The product is End-Of-Life, and no patches will be released by the vendor. Exploitation does not require authentication but does require user interaction (visiting a malicious site). The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.1, reflecting a medium impact primarily on integrity with limited impact on confidentiality and availability. No known exploits are currently in the wild. European organizations using PAD CMS are at risk, especially those with public-facing installations relying on these templates.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those in Poland and neighboring countries where PAD CMS is more likely to be deployed, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to user account integrity. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized password changes, resulting in account lockouts, unauthorized access, and potential further compromise of sensitive data or administrative functions within the CMS. Public sector organizations using the bip template, which is often used for official government websites in Poland, are particularly at risk. The inability to patch the vulnerability due to the product's End-Of-Life status increases the likelihood of exploitation over time. This can undermine trust in public-facing services, disrupt operations, and expose organizations to reputational damage and compliance issues under regulations such as GDPR if personal data is compromised. The requirement for user interaction means phishing or social engineering campaigns could be used to lure users to malicious sites, amplifying the threat.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (opens in a new tab)
Compound weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumCWE Top 25 (2025): #3OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation
Ensure that the application is free of cross-site scripting issues (CWE-79), because most CSRF defenses can be bypassed using attacker-controlled script.
Architecture and Design
Generate a unique nonce for each form, place the nonce into the form, and verify the nonce upon receipt of the form. Be sure that the nonce is not predictable (CWE-330).
OWASP Cheat Sheets
REST Assessment (opens in a new tab)
REST Security (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization Testing Automation (opens in a new tab)
Insecure Direct Object Reference Prevention (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
V4.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
V13.3.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Domain Search Timing (opens in a new tab)
Cross Site Identification (opens in a new tab)
Cross Site Request Forgery (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

cert.pl/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-7063 (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Oct 2025, 11:30 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-352

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