CVE-2025-25948
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to create and modify user accounts, including Administrator accounts, in Serosoft Academia SIS EagleR. It affects systems running version 1.0.118 with the vulnerable REST endpoint exposed. Attackers can gain full administrative control over the student information system.
💻 Affected Systems
- Serosoft Solutions Pvt Ltd Academia Student Information System (SIS) EagleR
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise where attackers create administrator accounts, access sensitive student data, modify grades, alter financial records, and potentially pivot to other systems.
Likely Case
Attackers create backdoor administrator accounts to maintain persistent access, exfiltrate sensitive student and institutional data, and potentially deploy ransomware.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and access controls, impact is limited to the SIS application layer with no lateral movement to other systems.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires only HTTP POST requests to the vulnerable endpoint with crafted payloads.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: Unknown
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
Contact Serosoft Solutions for patch information. Monitor their official channels for security updates.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Block Vulnerable Endpoint
allUse web application firewall or reverse proxy to block access to /rest/staffResource/create
# Apache: RewriteRule ^/rest/staffResource/create - [F]
# Nginx: location ~ ^/rest/staffResource/create { return 403; }
Network Segmentation
linuxRestrict access to SIS application to authorized networks only
# Firewall rule example: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit SIS access to authorized IP ranges only
- Deploy web application firewall with rules to detect and block exploitation attempts
- Enable detailed logging and monitor for unauthorized account creation activities
- Implement multi-factor authentication for all administrative accounts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test if HTTP POST requests to /rest/staffResource/create endpoint succeed without authenticationCheck Version:
Check application version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that POST requests to the vulnerable endpoint now require proper authentication and return appropriate error codes📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP 200 responses from POST /rest/staffResource/create without authentication
- Unusual account creation events, especially administrator accounts
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful account creation
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /rest/staffResource/create from unexpected sources
- Traffic patterns showing account creation outside normal business hours
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="/rest/staffResource/create" AND status=200) | stats count by src_ip