# CVE-2025-4888: code-projects Pharmacy Management System Add Order Details take_order buffer overflow

> A local buffer overflow in the Pharmacy Management System allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Add Order Details function.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 May 2025
- **Updated:** 19 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pwcm-729c-fvpf

## What is CVE-2025-4888?

CVE-2025-4888 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in code-projects Pharmacy Management System, published on 18 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in code-projects Pharmacy Management System 1.0. This affects the function medicineType::take_order of the component Add Order Details. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4888?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Projects Pharmacy Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4888 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4888 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Pharmacy Management System

- [CVE-2024-8366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8366/): code-projects Pharmacy Management System Update My Profile Page index.php cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-10196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10196/): code-projects Pharmacy Management System add_new_invoice.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10136/): code-projects Pharmacy Management System manage_invoice.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10137/): code-projects Pharmacy Management System manage_medicine.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10138/): code-projects Pharmacy Management System add_new_purchase.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4888 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4888 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in code-projects Pharmacy Management System, published on 18 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4888 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Pharmacy 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-2025-4888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4888/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4888
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4888
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4888

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4888/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.