# CVE-2025-13573: projectworlds can pass malicious payloads add_book.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the image parameter in add_book.php, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **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:** 23 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-588w-wrcx-mhcm

## What is CVE-2025-13573?

CVE-2025-13573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in projectworlds can pass malicious payloads, published on 23 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in projectworlds can pass malicious payloads up to 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /add_book.php. The manipulation of the argument image results in unrestricted upload. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13573?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Advanced Library Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13573?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13573 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13573 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in projectworlds can pass malicious payloads

- [CVE-2025-14570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14570/): projectworlds Advanced Library Management System view_admin.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14571/): projectworlds Advanced Library Management System borrow_book.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14527/): projectworlds Advanced Library Management System view_book.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14210/): projectworlds Advanced Library Management System delete_member.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14211/): projectworlds Advanced Library Management System delete_book.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13573 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in projectworlds can pass malicious payloads, published on 23 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-2025-13573 exists.

Affected product: projectworlds can pass malicious payloads. 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-2025-13573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13573/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13573
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13573
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13573

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13573/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.