Tutorials-Website Employee Management System update-user.php improper authorization

published 2025-04-13 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-10849

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in Tutorials-Website Employee Management System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/update-user.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to improper authorization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-14)

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

websecurityinsights.my.id https://www.websecurityinsights.my.id/2025/03/tutorials-website-employee-management_28.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

Affected products

Tutorials-Website Employee Management System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

websecurityinsights.my.id /2025/03/tutorials-website-employee-management_28.html
exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.304575
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.304575
signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.545859
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-3537
NVD CVE-2025-3537

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Summary