CVE-2025-8117: Account Takeover via Reset Password Functionality in PAD CMS

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2025-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-909

Description

PAD CMS improperly initializes parameter used for password recovery, which allows to change password for any user that did not use reset password functionality. This issue affects all 3 templates: www, bip and www+bip. This product is End-Of-Life and producent will not publish patches for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS: through 1.2.1

References

https://cert.pl/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-7063

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