# CVE-2025-13118: macrozheng mall-swarm paySuccess improper authorization

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the payment success endpoint to manipulate order statuses without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h7gg-9jgm-wfcf

## What is CVE-2025-13118?

CVE-2025-13118 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in macrozheng mall-swarm, published on 13 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in macrozheng mall-swarm up to 1.0.3. Affected by this issue is the function paySuccess of the file /order/paySuccess. The manipulation of the argument orderID results in improper authorization. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13118?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Macrozheng Mall, Macrozheng Mall-Swarm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13118?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13118 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13118 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in macrozheng mall-swarm

- [CVE-2026-25858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25858/): macrozheng mall <= 1.0.3 Unauthenticated Password Reset via OTP Disclosure (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-8755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8755/): macrozheng mall com.macro.mall.portal.controller UmsMemberController.java detail authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-9514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9514/): macrozheng mall Registration weak password (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-8741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8741/): macrozheng mall login cleartext transmission (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-8742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8742/): macrozheng mall Admin Login excessive authentication (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13118 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13118 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in macrozheng mall-swarm, published on 13 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13118 exists.

Affected product: macrozheng mall-swarm. 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-2025-13118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13118/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13118
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13118
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13118

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13118/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.