CVE-2025-1599: mayurik best_church_management_software Relative Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1599 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in mayurik best_church_management_software. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

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

Description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Best Church Management Software 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/app/profile_crud.php. The manipulation of the argument old_cat_img leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

• 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.