SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0 drop_student.php img path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file academic/core/drop_student.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument img can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-4720. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file academic/core/drop_student.php. The manipulation of the argument img with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-4720. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:academic/core/drop_student.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• SourceCodester

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• Student Result Management System

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• 1.0

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sourcecodester.com/

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Accepted

• Submit #569855: SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0 Path Traversal (by me1ody)

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