CVE-2025-23044 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) allows creating admin account with POST request
Attackers can create admin accounts via CSRF due to missing protections, allowing privilege escalation in PwnDoc.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23044?
CVE-2025-23044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in pwndoc, published on 20 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
PwnDoc is a penetration test report generator. There is no CSRF protection in pwndoc, allowing attackers to send requests on a logged-in user's behalf. This includes GET and POST requests due to the missing SameSite= attribute on cookies and the ability to refresh cookies. Commit 14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995 patches the issue.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23044?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pwndoc Project Pwndoc.
How do I fix CVE-2025-23044?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-23044 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-23044 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in pwndoc
- CVE-2022-45771 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2021-31590 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2024-55602 PenDoc vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read on updating and downloading templates using Path Traversal
- CVE-2025-27410 PwnDoc Arbitrary File Write to RCE using Path Traversal in backup restore as admin
- CVE-2025-27413 PwnDoc Arbitrary File Write to RCE using Path Traversal in template update from backup templates.json
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9v2v-jxvw-52rq.