CVE-2025-1588 PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System manage-nurse.php path traversal
Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the manage-nurse.php file to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1588?
CVE-2025-1588 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System, published on 23 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/manage-nurse.php. The manipulation of the argument profilepic leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The initial researcher advisory mentions contradicting vulnerability classes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1588?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpgurukul Online Nurse Hiring System.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1588?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-1588 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1588 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4w5p-qwh4-xc23.