CVE-2025-8119
📋 TL;DR
PAD CMS has a CSRF vulnerability in its password reset functionality that allows attackers to change logged-in users' passwords without their consent. When victims visit a malicious website, it can automatically send POST requests to reset their passwords to attacker-defined values. This affects all PAD CMS templates (www, bip, www+bip) and the product is end-of-life with no official patches available.
💻 Affected Systems
- PAD CMS
📦 What is this software?
Pad Cms by Widzialni
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain unauthorized access to administrator accounts, potentially leading to complete system compromise, data theft, or website defacement.
Likely Case
Attackers reset passwords of logged-in users to gain access to their accounts, potentially stealing sensitive information or performing unauthorized actions.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, the attack fails and users maintain control of their accounts with no impact.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires user to be logged in and visit malicious website. No authentication bypass needed beyond user being logged in.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: None
Vendor Advisory: https://cert.pl/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-7063
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available as product is end-of-life. Vendor will not release fixes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF protection tokens to password reset forms to validate legitimate requests.
Manual code modification required - add CSRF tokens to password reset forms
Use SameSite Cookies
allConfigure session cookies with SameSite=Strict attribute to prevent cross-site requests.
Set session cookie with SameSite=Strict attribute in web server configuration
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deploy web application firewall (WAF) with CSRF protection rules
- Migrate to supported CMS platform and decommission PAD CMS
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if password reset forms lack CSRF tokens or if SameSite cookie attributes are not properly configured.Check Version:
Check PAD CMS version in administration panel or configuration files.Verify Fix Applied:
Test password reset functionality with CSRF testing tools to ensure requests without valid tokens are rejected.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple password reset attempts from same IP
- Password reset requests without referrer headers
- Unusual password reset patterns
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to password reset endpoint without CSRF tokens
- Requests from unexpected referrers
SIEM Query:
source_ip=* AND url_path="/password-reset" AND http_method="POST" AND NOT csrf_token=*