Arixolab Nominas 0.27 POST Request login/checklogin.php Username path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Arixolab Nominas 0.27. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file login/checklogin.php of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument Username results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-25194. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Arixolab Nominas 0.27. This affects an unknown functionality of the file login/checklogin.php of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument username with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Nominas 0.27 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the username parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the login/checklogin.php endpoint with crafted UNION-based SQL injection payloads to extract database information including usernames, database names, and version details.

The weakness was published by Ihsan Sencan as 45820. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-25194 since 03/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:login/checklogin.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (45820) and EUVD (EUVD-2018-21647). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Arixolab

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• Nominas

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• 0.27

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