Privilege escalation in Orangehrm
CVE-2025-44040
An issue in OrangeHRM v.5.7 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via UserService.php and the checkForOldHash function. Authentication decisions may be made via PHP loose-equality comparisons if a specific MD5 value is present in the credential store. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because an adversary has no way to place the specific MD5 value into the credential store (unless they already have full privileges) and because the specific MD5 value would not realistically be present otherwise.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Orangehrm — versions 5.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/releases/tag/v5.7 (Release Notes)
- github.com/hexomedin3/advisories/tree/main/CVE-2025-44040 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-44040?
- CVE-2025-44040 is a high-severity vulnerability in Orangehrm, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2025-44040?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.