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.
Published: 2025-05-21
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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
History

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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.

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000

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 14:15:00 +0000

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'}


Wed, 21 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000

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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Orangehrm Orangehrm
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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