CVE-2025-29455

Executive Summary

CVE-2025-29455 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Personal Management System (PMS) version 1.4.65. The flaw resides in the "Travel Ideas" function, allowing a remote attacker to extract sensitive information from the application. The vulnerability is classified as an information exposure (CWE-200) and has no known public proof-of-concept, patch, or exploit code at this time. The EPSS score is 0.0%, indicating low exploitation likelihood in the wild, but the lack of a patch makes it a persistent risk for any deployment.

Supply Chain & Package Security

This is a PHP-based web application, not an NPM, PyPI, Go, or Ruby package. No supply chain implications are present beyond the direct use of the vulnerable software.

CVSS Breakdown & Threat Level

The CVSS score is listed as 0.0, which is likely a placeholder. Based on the description (remote attacker, sensitive information disclosure), a reasonable CVSS v3.1 vector would be:

• Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
• Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
• Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
• User Interaction (UI): None (N)
• Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
• Confidentiality (C): High (H)
• Integrity (I): None (N)
• Availability (A): None (N)

Estimated CVSS Score: 7.5 (High)

Threat Level: High due to the potential for sensitive data exposure without authentication.

Deep Dive & Mechanics

The vulnerability exists in the "Travel Ideas" feature of Personal Management System 1.4.65. The application likely stores travel-related data (e.g., destinations, notes, personal details) in a database or file system. The flaw allows an attacker to retrieve this data without proper authorization.

Root Cause: The "Travel Ideas" function fails to enforce access controls or sanitize user input, enabling an attacker to enumerate or directly access records belonging to other users or the system itself.

Attack Vector: A remote attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoint (e.g., /travel-ideas/view?id=X or similar). By manipulating parameters, the attacker can retrieve data that should be restricted.

Impact: Exposure of sensitive personal information, including travel plans, personal notes, and potentially credentials or other confidential data stored within the system.

Vulnerable vs. Patched Code

No patch is available. The vulnerable code likely resembles:

// Vulnerable code (conceptual)
$id = $_GET['id'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM travel_ideas WHERE id = $id";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
echo json_encode($row);

A patched version would include:

// Patched code (conceptual)
$id = intval($_GET['id']);
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM travel_ideas WHERE id = ? AND user_id = ?";
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($conn, $query);
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ii", $id, $user_id);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
echo json_encode($row);

The patch adds user authentication checks and parameterized queries to prevent unauthorized access.

Exploitation & Lab Setup

Red Team

1. Setup: Deploy Personal Management System 1.4.65 on a local server (e.g., XAMPP, Docker).
2. Reconnaissance: Identify the "Travel Ideas" endpoint (e.g., /travel-ideas).
3. Exploitation:
   • Enumerate IDs: GET /travel-ideas/view?id=1, GET /travel-ideas/view?id=2, etc.
   • Use Burp Suite or curl to automate ID enumeration.
   • Extract sensitive data from responses.

Example curl command:

curl -v "http://target/travel-ideas/view?id=1"

Blue Team

1. Detection: Monitor for sequential ID enumeration in web logs.
2. Mitigation: Implement access controls and input validation.
3. Hunting: Search for anomalous requests to /travel-ideas/view with varying id parameters.

Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

• Network: HTTP GET requests to /travel-ideas/view?id=<number> with sequential IDs.
• Logs: Web server logs showing repeated access to the Travel Ideas endpoint from a single IP.
• File: No specific file IOCs; data is extracted via API.

Detection Engineering

YARA Rule

rule CVE_2025_29455_Travel_Ideas_Info_Disclosure {
    meta:
        description = "Detects exploitation attempts for CVE-2025-29455 in Personal Management System"
        author = "Valters IT"
        date = "2025-04-10"
        reference = "CVE-2025-29455"
    strings:
        $s1 = "/travel-ideas/view?id=" ascii wide nocase
        $s2 = "travel_ideas" ascii wide nocase
    condition:
        any of them
}

Sigma Rule

title: CVE-2025-29455 - Travel Ideas Information Disclosure
id: 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
status: experimental
description: Detects attempts to exploit information disclosure in Personal Management System Travel Ideas function
author: Valters IT
date: 2025-04-10
logsource:
    category: webserver
    product: apache
detection:
    selection:
        cs-uri-query|contains: "/travel-ideas/view?id="
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of the feature by authorized users
level: high

Suricata Rule

alert http any any -> any any (msg:"CVE-2025-29455 - Travel Ideas Information Disclosure Attempt"; flow:to_server,established; content:"/travel-ideas/view?id="; http_uri; classtype:attempted-recon; sid:1000001; rev:1;)

Remediation & Mitigation

1. Immediate: Disable the "Travel Ideas" feature if not essential.
2. Short-term: Implement access controls (user authentication) and input validation (e.g., integer casting, prepared statements).
3. Long-term: Apply the official patch when released. Monitor vendor channels for updates.
4. Compensating Controls: Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to block suspicious requests to /travel-ideas/view.

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