# CVE-2025-3960: withstars Books-Management-System Background Interface allreaders.html authorization

> Attackers can access the background interface without authorization, potentially reading sensitive data in the unsupported Books-Management-System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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:** 27 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vv3m-4gc4-53f9

## What is CVE-2025-3960?

CVE-2025-3960 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in withstars Books-Management-System, published on 27 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /allreaders.html of the component Background Interface. The manipulation leads to missing authorization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3960?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Withstars Books-Management-System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3960 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3960 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in withstars Books-Management-System

- [CVE-2025-3963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3963/): withstars Books-Management-System Background Interface list authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3959/): withstars Books-Management-System reader_delete.html cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3964/): withstars Books-Management-System Article del cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3958/): withstars Books-Management-System Book Edit Page book_edit_do.html cross site scripting (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-3961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3961/): withstars Books-Management-System do cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3960 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3960 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in withstars Books-Management-System, published on 27 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-2025-3960 exists.

Affected product: withstars Books-Management-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-2025-3960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3960/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3960
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3960
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3960

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3960/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.