# CVE-2025-25224: Missing authorization in The LuxCal Web Calendar

> An attacker can download arbitrary files from the server due to missing authentication in the download script.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f52p-4vq3-mmgf

## What is CVE-2025-25224?

CVE-2025-25224 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in LuxSoft The LuxCal Web Calendar, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LuxCal Web Calendar prior to 5.3.3M (MySQL version) and prior to 5.3.3L (SQLite version) contains a missing authentication vulnerability in dloader.php. If this vulnerability is exploited, arbitrary files on a server may be obtained.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25224?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Luxsoft Luxcal Web Calendar.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-25224?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-25224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in LuxSoft The LuxCal Web Calendar

- [CVE-2023-46700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46700/): SQL injection in LuxCal Web Calendar (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39939/): SQL injection in LuxCal Web Calendar (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-25221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25221/): SQL injection in The LuxCal Web Calendar (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-25222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25222/): SQL injection in The LuxCal Web Calendar (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-47175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47175/): Cross-site scripting in LuxCal Web Calendar (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25224 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25224 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in LuxSoft The LuxCal Web Calendar, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: LuxSoft The LuxCal Web Calendar. 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-2025-25224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25224/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25224
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25224
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25224

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25224/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.