# CVE-2024-0425: ForU CMS password recovery

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication via weak password recovery mechanisms in ForU CMS to gain administrative access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-23j7-2rxw-3q84

## What is CVE-2024-0425?

CVE-2024-0425 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ForU CMS, published on 11 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ForU CMS up to 2020-06-23. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/index.php?act=reset_admin_psw. The manipulation leads to weak password recovery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250444.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0425?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Foru Cms Project Foru Cms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0425?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0425 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0425 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in ForU CMS

- [CVE-2024-0426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0426/): ForU CMS cms_template.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-0729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0729/): ForU CMS cms_admin.php sql injection (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-0728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0728/): ForU CMS channel.php file inclusion (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2023-5221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5221/): ForU CMS index.php code injection (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2022-3943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3943/): ForU CMS cms_chip.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0425 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0425 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ForU CMS, published on 11 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0425 exists.

Affected product: ForU CMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0425/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0425
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0425
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0425

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0425/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.