code-projects Hospital Management System express-session hard-coded key

published 2025-10-11 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-08 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-33870

cvss: 3.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

A flaw has been found in code-projects Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected is the function session of the component express-session. This manipulation of the argument secret with the input secret causes use of hard-coded cryptographic key . The attack can be initiated remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been published and may be used.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 12 mo ago (2025-10-14)

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/lakshayyverma/CVE-Discovery/blob/main/Hospital%20Management%20System.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	2.6	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	2.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	2.0	2.6	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

code-projects Hospital Management System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-320 Key Management Errors

References

github.com /lakshayyverma/CVE-Discovery/blob/main/Hospital%20Management%20System.md
exploit, mitigation, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.327932
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.327932
signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.672589
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
code-projects.org /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-11609
NVD CVE-2025-11609

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Summary