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.
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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cvssV3_1
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Persistent Session Access Due to Missing Invalidation After User Disable and Password Change | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-613 | |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-11-29T03:06:25.730Z
Updated: 2025-12-01T21:05:42.865Z
Reserved: 2025-11-26T23:11:46.392Z
Link: CVE-2025-66289
Updated: 2025-12-01T21:05:39.615Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-11-29T04:15:57.893
Modified: 2025-12-03T16:47:32.060
Link: CVE-2025-66289
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