CVE-2025-11609 (GCVE-0-2025-11609)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-11 17:32 – Updated: 2026-02-24 06:59 X_Freeware
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
code-projects Hospital Management System express-session hard-coded key
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-14 14:47 UTC
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.327932 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327932 | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.672589 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/lakshayyverma/CVE-Discovery/bl… | exploit |
| https://code-projects.org/ | product |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| code-projects | Hospital Management System |
Affected:
1.0
cpe:2.3:a:code-projects:hospital_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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