# CVE-2025-15423: EmpireSoft EmpireCMS connect.php CheckSaveTranFiletype unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the connect.php script in EmpireCMS, potentially leading to 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:** 2 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2h8-g3qw-gm52

## What is CVE-2025-15423?

CVE-2025-15423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EmpireSoft EmpireCMS, published on 2 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in EmpireSoft EmpireCMS up to 8.0. Impacted is the function CheckSaveTranFiletype of the file e/class/connect.php. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15423?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phome Empirecms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-15423?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15423 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15423 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15423 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in EmpireSoft EmpireCMS

- [CVE-2022-28585](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28585/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-22937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22937/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-20300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20300/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-18869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18869/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-18449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18449/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15423 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EmpireSoft EmpireCMS, published on 2 Jan 2026. 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-2025-15423 exists.

Affected product: EmpireSoft EmpireCMS. 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-2025-15423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15423/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15423
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15423
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15423

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15423/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.