# CVE-2025-50489: PHPGurukul Student Result Management System session hijacking in change-password.php

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-50489-phpgurukul-student-result-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-2025-50489 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-07-28

The PHPGurukul Student Result Management System, a platform used to manage and display academic results, contains a security flaw in its password management component. This vulnerability allows an attacker to take over a user's session, potentially gaining unauthorized access to student or administrative accounts. This could lead to the unauthorized viewing or modification of sensitive academic records and personal information.

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-50489 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-50489 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-50489?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 28 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Phpgurukul Student Result Management System 2.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-50489?** 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-2025-50489 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-50489?** Check whether you run Phpgurukul Student Result 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 session hijacking vulnerability exists in PHPGurukul Student Result Management System v2.0 within the /srms/change-password.php component. The application fails to properly invalidate or regenerate session identifiers during sensitive operations or authentication state changes. An attacker can exploit this by fixing a known session ID or capturing an active session token to gain unauthorized remote access to a victim's account. Once the session is hijacked, the attacker can perform actions on behalf of the user, including changing the account password. The vulnerability is classified as Broken Access Control (CWE-20/CWE-384).

## Affected products

- PHPGurukul Student Result Management System 2.0

## Timeline

- 2025-07-28: disclosed
- 2025-07-28: advisory

## References

- [http://phpgurukul.com/](http://phpgurukul.com/)
- [https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50489](https://github.com/VasilVK/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-50489)

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- [PHPGurukul Student Result Management System session hijacking in emp-changepassword.php](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-50490-phpgurukul-student-result-management-system-session-hijacking-in)