# CVE-2025-3969: codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard Edit Category Page edit-category.php unrestricted upload

> An attacker with permissions can upload malicious files via the edit-category page, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f29q-2hxg-hw6x

## What is CVE-2025-3969?

CVE-2025-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard, published on 27 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /edit-category.php of the component Edit Category Page. The manipulation of the argument category_image leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3969?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Projects News Publishing Site Dashboard.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3969?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3969 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3969 exists.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2025-3969: Exploit PoC (OS CMD injection, Web Shell, Interactive Shell) (github_poc): https://github.com/Stuub/CVE-2025-3969-Exploit

## Other vulnerabilities in codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard

- [CVE-2025-3968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3968/): codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard api.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3969 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard, published on 27 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3969 exists.

Affected product: codeprojects News Publishing Site Dashboard. 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-2025-3969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3969/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3969
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3969
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3969

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3969/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.