# CVE-2025-3556: ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP login.php excessive authentication

> Attackers can bypass login rate limits in the admin panel, facilitating brute-force attacks against the ScriptAndTools eCommerce website.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rpw6-c888-qg9m

## What is CVE-2025-3556?

CVE-2025-3556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP, published on 14 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP 3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/login.php. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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-799 (Improper Control of Interaction Frequency), CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3556?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Scriptandtools Ecommerce-Website-in-Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3556?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3556 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3556 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3556 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP

- [CVE-2025-3975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3975/): ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP subscriber-csv.php information disclosure (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3555/): ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP login.php excessive authentication (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-3557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3557/): ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3556 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP, published on 14 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3556 exists.

Affected product: ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP. 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-2025-3556/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3556/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3556
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3556
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3556

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3556/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.