# CVE-2025-50488: PHPGurukul Online Library Management System session hijacking in change-password.php

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-50488-phpgurukul-online-library-management-system-session-hijacking-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-28. Updated: 2026-07-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-50488 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.1 · Published 2025-07-28

A vulnerability exists in the PHPGurukul Online Library Management System, a platform used for managing digital and physical library catalogs. The software fails to properly refresh or invalidate user sessions when a password is changed, which could allow an attacker to take over a legitimate user's account. If exploited, an unauthorized person could gain full access to a user's profile, potentially viewing sensitive personal information or modifying account settings.

Vendors: [Phpgurukul](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/phpgurukul).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-50488 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-50488 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-50488?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 28 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Phpgurukul Online Library Management System 3.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-50488?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-50488 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-50488?** Check whether you run Phpgurukul Online Library Management System at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A Broken Access Control vulnerability (CWE-613) exists in PHPGurukul Online Library Management System v3.0 within the /library/change-password.php component. The application fails to properly invalidate or rotate session identifiers during sensitive operations or upon authentication state changes. An attacker can exploit this by fixing a known session ID in a victim's browser; once the victim authenticates, the attacker can use the same session token to gain unauthorized remote access to the account. This allows the attacker to perform actions on behalf of the user, including further password modifications. A proof-of-concept is publicly available.

## Affected products

- PHPGurukul Online Library Management System 3.0

## Timeline

- 2025-07-28: advisory: NVD published the CVE record
- 2025-07-28: disclosed: Vulnerability details and PoC shared by researcher Vasil VK

## References

- [http://online.com/](http://online.com/)
- [https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50488](https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50488)

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- [PHPGurukul Online Library Management System privilege escalation in adminlogin.php](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-57119-phpgurukul-online-library-management-system-privilege-escalation)