# CVE-2025-70899: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Attackers can trick administrators into performing unauthorized actions via malicious webpages due to missing CSRF protection in PHPgurukul Online Course Registration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p55f-69cf-qgpm

## What is CVE-2025-70899?

CVE-2025-70899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

PHPgurukul Online Course Registration v3.1 lacks Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection on all administrative forms. An attacker can perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated administrators by tricking them into visiting a malicious webpage.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-70899?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Online Course Registration.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-70899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-70899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-70899 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-70899 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/mathavamoorthi/CVE-2025-70899 (github_poc): https://github.com/mathavamoorthi/CVE-2025-70899

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-12429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12429/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-50485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50485/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-10663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10663/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration my-profile.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-10025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10025/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration semester.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-9729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9729/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration student-registration.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-70899 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-70899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-70899 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-70899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70899/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-70899
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70899
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-70899

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70899/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.