CVE-2025-2042
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks against the huang-yk student-manage application version 1.0. Attackers can trick authenticated users into executing unwanted actions on the application without their knowledge. This affects all users of the vulnerable student-manage application.
💻 Affected Systems
- huang-yk student-manage
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could manipulate student records, modify grades, delete data, or perform administrative actions using the victim's credentials, potentially compromising data integrity and confidentiality.
Likely Case
Attackers create malicious web pages that trick authenticated users into submitting forged requests, leading to unauthorized modifications of student data or application settings.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections like anti-CSRF tokens, the vulnerability would be prevented as legitimate requests would be validated before processing.
🎯 Exploit Status
The exploit has been publicly disclosed and requires the victim to be authenticated to the application. Attackers need to trick users into visiting malicious pages.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider implementing CSRF protections manually or migrating to a different student management solution.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd anti-CSRF tokens to all state-changing forms and validate them server-side
SameSite Cookie Attribute
allSet SameSite=Strict or SameSite=Lax attributes on session cookies
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF patterns
- Restrict application access to trusted networks only and implement strong authentication
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if the application version is 1.0 and lacks CSRF protection mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens in formsCheck Version:
Check application documentation or source code for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that all forms include unique, validated CSRF tokens and that SameSite cookie attributes are properly set📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple state-changing requests from same user without corresponding form submissions
- Requests missing expected CSRF tokens
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to application endpoints originating from external domains
- Requests with Referer headers pointing to suspicious domains
SIEM Query:
web_requests WHERE (method = 'POST' AND NOT referer CONTAINS 'trusted-domain.com') AND uri CONTAINS '/student-manage/'