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CVE-2025-62524: PILOS Exposes PHP version

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-27 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

PILOS (Platform for Interactive Live-Online Seminars) is a frontend for BigBlueButton. PILOS before 4.8.0 exposes the PHP version via the X-Powered-By header, enabling attackers to fingerprint the server and assess potential exploits. This information disclosure vulnerability originates from PHP’s base image. Additionally, the PHP version can also be inferred through the PILOS version displayed in the footer and by examining the source code available on GitHub. This information disclosure vulnerability has been patched in PILOS in v4.8.0.

Affected products

• THM-Health PILOS: before 4.8.0 — fixed in 4.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: THM-Health PILOS 4.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/THM-Health/PILOS/commit/14655bc4f8128ffd2b3c25004b01d9a802808da8
• https://github.com/THM-Health/PILOS/security/advisories/GHSA-q93h-5j6h-j22x

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