CVE-2025-44040

Published May 21, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via UserService.php and the checkForOldHash function. Authentication decisions may be made via PHP loose-equality comparisons if a specific MD5 value is present in the credential store. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because an adversary has no way to place the specific MD5 value into the credential store (unless they already have full privileges) and because the specific MD5 value would not realistically be present otherwise.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16059 An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via UserService.php and the checkForOldHash function. Authentication decisions may be made via PHP loose-equality comparisons if a specific MD5 value is present in the credential store. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because an adversary has no way to place the specific MD5 value into the credential store (unless they already have full privileges) and because the specific MD5 value would not realistically be present otherwise.
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Orangehrm
Orangehrm orangehrm
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Orangehrm
Orangehrm orangehrm
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2025, 7:12 PM
Reserved
Apr 22, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 21, 2025, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:24 AM