Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach admin/session.php over network
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DeliveryManipulate user_id argument
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ExploitBypass Session Handler authentication
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ExecutionObtain unauthorized session context
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ImpactAccess protected admin functionality
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires network access to the admin/session.php endpoint of a deployed php-travel-agency-system instance; exploitation targets the Session Handler component by tampering with the user_id argument, and per CVSS PR:N/UI:N it needs no prior authentication and no user interaction. The primary limiting factor is exposure of the application's admin interface to the attacker (internet-facing or reachable internal network) - there is no indication a non-default configuration is required. The dominant practical constraint is the product's rarity: almost no production environments run this application. Because the vendor uses rolling releases with no version data and has not responded, defenders cannot pin exploitability to a specific version boundary. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes a trivially-reachable, remote, unauthenticated flaw, which normally signals high priority; however the realistic risk is tempered by several factors. VulDB scored vulnerable-system impact as only Low across confidentiality, integrity and availability (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L), and the E:P (Proof-of-Concept) exploit-maturity metric is consistent with the input signal that only POC code exists - this is NOT confirmed active exploitation. No CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score were provided, so widespread opportunistic exploitation cannot be asserted. The single most important risk-limiting factor is the product itself: oretnom23's php-travel-agency-system is a small open-source/educational PHP application (typical of Sourcecodester-style projects) with a negligible production footprint, so even a clean unauthenticated auth-bypass has little aggregate real-world exposure. There is also a latent conflict worth flagging: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication) applied to an admin Session Handler could plausibly yield full administrative compromise (which would justify High impact), yet the vendor-assigned vector rates impact only as Low - the vague description ('manipulation of argument user_id can lead to missing authentication') does not let us confirm whether the result is partial data exposure or full admin takeover. Net: a genuine, easily-exploitable bug, but low priority for most defenders due to minimal deployment and no evidence of active exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to admin/session.php manipulating the user_id argument to bypass the Session Handler's authentication check and obtain an authenticated/administrative session context. Publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code exists (referenced via the project's GitHub issue tracker), lowering the skill barrier. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, exploitation needs only network reachability to the admin endpoint with no credentials or user interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
php-travel-agency-system exposes an unauthenticated session-handling flaw in admin/session.php: by manipulating the user_id argument, a remote attacker can bypass authentication and obtain unauthorized session context with low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The vendor distributes rolling releases with no affected or fixed version data and has not responded to the issue report, so every deployment must be treated as potentially vulnerable. Publicly available exploit code exists, but there is no CISA KEV confirmation of active exploitation; CVSS 4.0 scores it 6.9 with PR:N/UI:N, while practical risk is tempered by the product's rarity.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; the project was notified through the public issue but has not responded, and rolling releases prevent pinning a fixed version. Until an upstream fix appears, restrict access to the admin interface and admin/session.php to trusted networks or a VPN, which blocks remote exploitation but removes public admin availability. Add a server-side authentication gate before any use of user_id in admin/session.php and switch to server-generated PHP session IDs rather than client-supplied identifiers; this is a custom code change that must be maintained across rolling updates. As a short-term control, deploy a WAF or reverse-proxy rule to reject requests to admin/session.php that supply or alter user_id, accepting possible false positives and bypass via encoded parameters. Review PHP session and web logs for anomalous user_id values. Monitor https://github.com/oretnom23/php-travel-agency-system/ and https://vuldb.com/vuln/424811 for a vendor fix.
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This is a PHP web application whose Session Handler is implemented in admin/session.php. The endpoint accepts a user_id parameter and appears to use that client-controlled value as the basis for establishing or identifying the current session without first verifying that the requester has authenticated. That corresponds to CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function): the code trusts a user-supplied identifier instead of requiring a server-side authenticated session. The CPE entry uses a wildcard version because the project ships rolling releases and publishes no version boundary. The CVSS 4.0 vector is AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; the independent assessment maps this to CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, confirming remote, unauthenticated exploitation with low impact.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Missing authentication on a network-reachable admin endpoint needing no creds or interaction gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; vague description supports only Low (not High) C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was determined in oretnom23 php-travel-agency-system. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin/session.php of the component Session Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument user_id can lead to missing authentication. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Attack Technique
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