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TI-2025-40763 Aliases CVE-2025-66289

OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Persistent Session Access Due to Missing Invalidation After User Disable and Password Change

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-613Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application does not invalidate existing sessions when a user is disabled or when a password change occurs, allowing active session cookies to remain valid indefinitely. As a result, a disabled user, or an attacker using a compromised account, can continue to access protected pages and perform operations as long as a prior session remains active. Because the server performs no session revocation or session-store cleanup during these critical state changes, disabling an account or updating credentials has no effect on already-established sessions. This makes administrative disable actions ineffective and allows unauthorized users to retain full access even after an account is closed or a password is reset, exposing the system to prolonged unauthorized use and significantly increasing the impact of account takeover scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00295 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed orangehrm (orangehrm): 5.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
orangehrmorangehrm5.0 to before 5.85.8Patch availableCNA
  • orangehrm Vendororangehrm Affected 5.0 to before 5.8 Fixed in 5.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 to before 5.8Vulnerableorangehrm
  • cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 to before 5.8 Vulnerable ·orangehrm

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA orangehrm (orangehrm) Fixed in 5.8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-66289

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-24213 OrangeHRM 3.3.3 allows admin/viewProjects sortOrder SQL injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2019-09618 In OrangeHRM 4.3.1 and before, there is an input validation error within… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2007-01160 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Login page in OrangeHRM before 20070212 have… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2025-40726 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Code Execution Through Arbitrary File Write from Sendmail Parameter Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2020-17674 SQL injection in the Buzz module of OrangeHRM through 4.6 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-40727 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Account Takeover Through Unvalidated Username in Password Reset Workflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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Sources

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