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Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a session handling weakness in PHPGurukul Student Result Management System v2.0. If sessions are not invalidated correctly around the employee password-change component, an attacker could continue using or abuse a session. The public bundle does not name an official patch or confirm real-world exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority web application exposure if the affected product is deployed. The business risk is account/session abuse in a school-results system, but urgency depends on whether the system is exposed and whether vendor guidance exists.
Technical view
The reported issue is improper session invalidation in /elms/emp-changepassword.php, enabling session hijacking. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.5 with network access, low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. The CVE metadata lists CWE-20, though the description centers on session lifecycle control.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running PHPGurukul Student Result Management System v2.0, especially internet-accessible school or employee result portals. The affected-product metadata is incomplete and lists vendor/product/version as n/a, so asset validation is required.
Exploitation context
The bundle marks KEV as false, so there is no provided evidence of known active exploitation. A public GitHub reference is listed, which may increase researcher and attacker awareness, but the bundle does not establish exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The public record has gaps: affected CPEs are absent, vendor/product fields are n/a, and no official fix is named in the bundle. The CWE mapping appears broad relative to the session-invalidation description, so validate behavior directly before scoping remediation.
Mitigation direction
- Check PHPGurukul or project guidance for a fixed release or official workaround.
- Inventory and prioritize any deployed Student Result Management System v2.0 instances.
- Restrict public access to affected portals where business operations allow.
- Review password-change session behavior before applying local code changes.
- Force re-authentication after password changes if confirmed safe in testing.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether /elms/emp-changepassword.php exists in deployed applications.
- Verify the running application version against PHPGurukul Student Result Management System v2.0.
- Test whether sessions are invalidated after password changes in a controlled environment.
- Review access logs for unusual session reuse or concurrent account activity.
- Document any compensating controls applied to exposed instances.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50490CVE reference, mitre
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Improper Input Validation
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