Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-50485 is a session management flaw reported in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration v3.1. After a password change, sessions may not be invalidated correctly, leaving room for session hijacking. The business risk is unauthorized account access, especially for administrative or student-management accounts.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority exposure check if the organization runs the named course-registration application. The main concern is account takeover through stale sessions, not broad infrastructure compromise.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-613, improper session expiration, in /crm/change-password.php. CVSS 3.1 rates it 7.1 high with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, high confidentiality impact, and low integrity impact. Product metadata in the CVE affected field is incomplete.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments of PHPGurukul Online Course Registration v3.1 using the affected change-password component. The CVE record’s affected vendor/product fields are listed as n/a, so teams should confirm product lineage and deployed version locally.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or public evidence of active exploitation. The referenced GitHub advisory may provide additional vulnerability details, but the bundle does not establish real-world exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: the CVE description, CVSS vector, CWE-613 classification, and one GitHub reference. The CVE affected-product fields are incomplete, and no source in the bundle names a patch, workaround, or exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation direction
- Check PHPGurukul or project guidance for an official fix or updated release.
- Inventory any PHPGurukul Online Course Registration v3.1 deployments.
- Restrict access to CRM functions until vendor guidance is confirmed.
- Where supported, force logout of all sessions after password changes.
- Monitor for unusual account reuse after password changes.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the application is PHPGurukul Online Course Registration v3.1.
- Review /crm/change-password.php behavior in a controlled test environment.
- Verify password changes invalidate other active sessions.
- Review logs for account access continuing after password changes.
- Track the CVE record and vendor sources for updates.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.2CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50485CVE reference, mitre
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Insufficient Session Expiration
Insufficient Session Expiration represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.