# CVE-2025-15398: Uasoft badaso Token BadasoAuthController.php forgetPassword password recovery

> Attackers can exploit weak password recovery logic in Badaso to potentially take over user accounts, requiring high complexity and permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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:** 31 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-739h-rw2p-gghv

## What is CVE-2025-15398?

CVE-2025-15398 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Uasoft badaso, published on 31 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Uasoft badaso up to 2.9.7. Affected is the function forgetPassword of the file src/Controllers/BadasoAuthController.php of the component Token Handler. Such manipulation leads to weak password recovery. The attack can be executed remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15398?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Uatech Badaso.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-15398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15398 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15398 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Uasoft badaso

- [CVE-2025-52353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52353/): Badaso CMS file upload vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-41705](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41705/): Badaso vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-41711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41711/): Badaso vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via malicious file upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-38970](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38970/): Badaso vulnerable to cross-site scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-38971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38971/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15398 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15398 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Uasoft badaso, published on 31 Dec 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-2025-15398 exists.

Affected product: Uasoft badaso. 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-2025-15398/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15398/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15398
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15398
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15398

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15398/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.