CVE-2025-56274
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-56274 is an access control vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System 1.0 that allows low-privileged users to forge admin sessions and perform sensitive operations like adding new users. This affects all deployments of version 1.0 of this specific pharmacy management software.
💻 Affected Systems
- SourceCodester Web-based Pharmacy Product Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain full administrative control, create backdoor accounts, exfiltrate sensitive patient and pharmacy data, and potentially compromise the entire system.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users escalate privileges to admin level, modify user accounts, access sensitive pharmacy records, and disrupt business operations.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to attempted privilege escalation that can be detected and blocked.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires low-privileged user access. Public GitHub repository contains proof-of-concept details.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: http://sourcecodester.com
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Check vendor website for updates. Consider upgrading to newer version if available or implementing workarounds.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Session Validation Enhancement
allImplement server-side session validation to check user privileges on every sensitive operation
Modify PHP session handling to validate user role against database on each request
Access Control Hardening
allAdd additional authorization checks before allowing user management operations
Add role-based access control checks in user management modules
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement network segmentation to isolate the pharmacy system from other critical systems
- Enable detailed logging of all user management operations and privilege changes
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test if low-privileged user can access admin-only endpoints or perform user management operationsCheck Version:
Check application version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that low-privileged users cannot access admin functions or create/modify user accounts📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user privilege escalation attempts
- User account creation/modification by non-admin users
- Access to admin endpoints from low-privilege accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to user management endpoints from unexpected user accounts
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="/admin/*" OR uri="/user/*") AND user_role="user" AND action IN ("create","modify","delete")