# CVE-2025-2090: PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System Sub Admin add-subadmin.php access control

> Remote attackers can bypass access controls in the Sub Admin handler to perform unauthorized administrative actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q8rj-qgvr-xcr5

## What is CVE-2025-2090?

CVE-2025-2090 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System, published on 7 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/add-subadmin.php of the component Sub Admin Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2090?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Pre-School Enrollment System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2090?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2090 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2090 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2090 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System

- [CVE-2024-54810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54810/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47445/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-50348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50348/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-50349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50349/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-28072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28072/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2090 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2090 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System, published on 7 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2090 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment 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-2025-2090/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2090/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2090
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2090
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2090

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2090/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.