SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management System 1.0 HTTP POST Request admin/manage_website.php path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin/manage_website.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-63298. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/manage_website.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management System 1.0, affecting the admin/manage_website.php component. An authenticated user with administrative privileges can leverage this flaw by submitting a specially crafted POST request, enabling the deletion of arbitrary files on the web server or underlying operating system.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-63298 since 10/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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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• Pet Grooming Management System

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• 1.0

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• free

Website

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

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