CVE-2025-44040

HIGH EPSS 32.2%
Published May 21, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.2 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 21, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via UserService.php and the checkForOldHash function. Authentication decisions may be made via PHP loose-equality comparisons if a specific MD5 value is present in the credential store. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because an adversary has no way to place the specific MD5 value into the credential store (unless they already have full privileges) and because the specific MD5 value would not realistically be present otherwise.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.2
Exploitability
1.2
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
32.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
orangehrmorangehrm5.7any

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/hexomedin3/advisories/tree/main/CVE-2025-44040
    Third Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/releases/tag/v5.7
    Release Notes

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.