CVE-2025-39380
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to upload arbitrary files, including web shells, to the Hospital Management System web server. This affects all versions up to 47.0 (20-11-2023) of the mojoomla Hospital Management System plugin for WordPress. Attackers can gain full control of affected systems.
💻 Affected Systems
- mojoomla Hospital Management System WordPress plugin
⚠️ 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 with attacker gaining full administrative access, data theft, ransomware deployment, and use as pivot point for network attacks.
Likely Case
Web shell upload leading to data exfiltration, credential harvesting, and backdoor persistence on the web server.
If Mitigated
File uploads blocked or properly validated, limiting attack surface to other potential vulnerabilities.
🎯 Exploit Status
File upload vulnerabilities are commonly exploited with simple HTTP requests. The Patchstack reference suggests public details are available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 47.0 (20-11-2023)
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Hospital Management System' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, disable and remove the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Server File Upload Restriction
allConfigure web server to block upload of executable file types to the plugin's upload directory.
# For Apache: Add to .htaccess in upload directory
<FilesMatch "\.(php|php3|php4|php5|phtml|pl|py|jsp|asp|sh|cgi)$">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# For Nginx: Add to server block
location ~* ^/wp-content/uploads/hospital-management/.*\.(php|php3|php4|php5|phtml|pl|py|jsp|asp|sh|cgi)$ {
deny all;
}
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
# WordPress CLI
wp plugin deactivate hospital-management
# Or manually via WordPress admin panel
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately disable or uninstall the Hospital Management System plugin.
- Implement strict web application firewall (WAF) rules to block file uploads to the affected paths.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress plugin version: In WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and verify Hospital Management System version is 47.0 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get hospital-management --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is updated beyond 47.0 (20-11-2023) or plugin is completely removed.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to upload endpoints with suspicious file extensions (.php, .jsp, .asp)
- Unusual file creations in wp-content/uploads/hospital-management/ directory
- Web server error logs showing blocked file upload attempts
Network Indicators:
- Unusual outbound connections from web server following file uploads
- HTTP requests with base64 encoded payloads in file upload parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND (url_path="*hospital-management*" AND method="POST" AND (file_extension="php" OR file_extension="jsp" OR file_extension="asp"))