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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16059 An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function
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Solution

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History

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function 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.

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Orangehrm
Orangehrm orangehrm
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Orangehrm
Orangehrm orangehrm

Thu, 22 May 2025 23:15:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 May 2025 06:00:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the UserService.php and the checkFOrOldHash function
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-13T19:12:50.808Z

Reserved: 2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-44040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-22T13:29:04.704Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-05-21T21:16:03.263

Modified: 2025-10-13T20:15:33.650

Link: CVE-2025-44040

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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