Vulnerability in Phpems
CVE-2025-15242
A vulnerability was detected in PHPEMS up to 11.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Coupon Handler. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Phpems
- Phpems — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- byebydoggy.github.io/post/2025/1229-phpems-coupon-recharge-race-condition-poc/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Mitigation)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-15242?
- CVE-2025-15242 is a low-severity vulnerability in Phpems, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2025-12-30.
- How severe is CVE-2025-15242?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.