PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 /admin/manage-nurse.php profilepic path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/manage-nurse.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument profilepic can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-1588. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The initial researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes.

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A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file /admin/manage-nurse.php. The manipulation of the argument profilepic with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-24. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-1588. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The initial researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/manage-nurse.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• PHPGurukul

Name

• Online Nurse Hiring System

Version

• 1.0

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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Accepted

• Submit #505441: PHPGurukul ONHS Project PHP V1.0 SQL Injection (by github.com)

Duplicate

• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx Xx.x Xxxxxxxx Xx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (by github.com)

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