CVE-2025-11030
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes an improper authorization vulnerability in the Tutorials-Website Employee Management System's HTTP Request Handler component. Attackers can exploit this remotely to bypass authorization controls on the /admin/all-applied-leave.php endpoint. All deployments using affected versions are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- Tutorials-Website Employee Management System
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise allowing unauthorized access to sensitive employee leave data, potential data manipulation, and privilege escalation to administrative functions.
Likely Case
Unauthorized viewing and potential modification of employee leave application data, leading to privacy violations and operational disruption.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation and access controls, potentially only exposing non-sensitive data.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available via the provided references. The vulnerability requires no authentication and is straightforward to exploit.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None provided
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Monitor the project repository for updates and apply when available.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Access to Admin Interface
allBlock external access to the /admin/ directory using web server configuration or firewall rules
# Apache: <Location /admin/> Require ip 192.168.1.0/24 </Location>
# Nginx: location /admin/ { deny all; }
Implement Web Application Firewall Rules
allAdd WAF rules to block unauthorized access attempts to the vulnerable endpoint
# Example ModSecurity rule: SecRule REQUEST_URI "@streq /admin/all-applied-leave.php" "id:1001,phase:1,deny"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate the application from untrusted networks
- Deploy additional authentication and authorization layers in front of the vulnerable endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if your deployment uses commit hash 611887d8f8375271ce8abc704507d46340837a60 or earlier by examining the git history or version metadataCheck Version:
git log --oneline -1Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that unauthorized access attempts to /admin/all-applied-leave.php are properly blocked and return appropriate authorization errors📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to /admin/all-applied-leave.php
- HTTP 200 responses to admin endpoints from unauthenticated users
- Unusual patterns of leave data access
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to admin endpoints
- Requests bypassing authentication mechanisms
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="/admin/all-applied-leave.php" AND NOT (user="admin" OR auth_status="success"))