CVE-2025-1588: phpgurukul online_nurse_hiring_system Relative Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1588 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in phpgurukul online_nurse_hiring_system. EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 23-02-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 24-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/manage-nurse.php. The manipulation of the argument profilepic leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The initial researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes.

• CWE-23Relative Path TraversalThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-24Path Traversal: '../filedir'The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.