CVE-2025-68434 (GCVE-0-2025-68434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 22:20 – Updated: 2025-12-18 15:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
opensourcepos has Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability that leads to Unauthorized Administrator Creation
Summary
Open Source Point of Sale (opensourcepos) is a web based point of sale application written in PHP using CodeIgniter framework. Starting in version 3.4.0 and prior to version 3.4.2, a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the application's filter configuration. The CSRF protection mechanism was **explicitly disabled**, allowing the application to process state-changing requests (POST) without verifying a valid CSRF token. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by hosting a malicious web page. If a logged-in administrator visits this page, their browser is forced to send unauthorized requests to the application. A successful exploit allows the attacker to silently create a new Administrator account with full privileges, leading to a complete takeover of the system and loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.4.2. The fix re-enables the CSRF filter in `app/Config/Filters.php` and resolves associated AJAX race conditions by adjusting token regeneration settings. As a workaround, administrators can manually re-enable the CSRF filter in `app/Config/Filters.php` by uncommenting the protection line. However, this is not recommended without applying the full patch, as it may cause functionality breakage in the Sales module due to token synchronization issues.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-18 14:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos/pu… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos/co… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Nixon-H/CVE-2025-68434-OSPOS-C… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| opensourcepos | opensourcepos |
Affected:
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.2
|
guessed |
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