# CVE-2025-13565: SourceCodester Inventory Management System resetPassword.php password recovery

> Attackers can bypass password recovery mechanisms in the Inventory Management System to take over user accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcmx-4fpp-mg5q

## What is CVE-2025-13565?

CVE-2025-13565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Inventory Management System, published on 23 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Inventory Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /model/user/resetPassword.php. Executing manipulation can lead to weak password recovery. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13565?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Warren-Daloyan Inventory Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13565?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13565 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13565 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Inventory Management System

- [CVE-2025-14229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14229/): SourceCodester Inventory Management System SVC Report Export csv injection (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13565 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Inventory Management System, published on 23 Nov 2025. 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-2025-13565 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Inventory Management System. 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-2025-13565/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13565/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13565
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13565
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13565

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13565/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.