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Student Management SystemApplication · Kabir M Alhasan

CVE-2023-3007

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-05-31
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was found in ningzichun Student Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file resetPassword.php of the component Password Reset Handler. The manipulation of the argument sid leads to weak password recovery. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-230354 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The ningzichun Student Management System 1.0 contains a critical password reset vulnerability in resetPassword.php. The 'sid' parameter used in the password recovery process is cryptographically weak or predictable, allowing attackers to manipulate password reset tokens and take over user accounts. This is a remote authentication bypass requiring only knowledge of a target user's identifier.

MitigationImplement cryptographically secure, randomly generated tokens for password reset functionality with proper validation, expiration, and single-use enforcement. Also implement account takeover protections such as rate limiting and notification of password changes.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Student Management SystemApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed Student Management System version
    Locate and inspect version files, about pages, or admin panels that display the software version. Check application headers, footer files, or configuration files for version strings.
    Affected if The installed version is Kabir M Alhasan Student Management System 1.0 (also marketed as Ningzichun Student Management System 1.0)
  2. Locate resetPassword.php in the web root
    Search the web application directory for the file resetPassword.php. Common paths include /resetPassword.php, /password/resetPassword.php, or similar. Use file system search or check source code repositories.
    Affected if The file resetPassword.php exists in the application directory tree
  3. Inspect the password reset code for 'sid' parameter usage
    Open resetPassword.php and examine how the 'sid' parameter is handled in the password recovery logic. Look for token generation, validation, or password reset execution sections.
    Affected if The code uses an 'sid' parameter for password reset token validation without cryptographic randomness
  4. Analyze token generation entropy
    Review the code that generates the password reset token. Determine if it uses cryptographically secure random functions (e.g., random_bytes, openssl_random_pseudo_bytes) or relies on predictable values like timestamps, sequential IDs, or base64-encoded user data.
    Affected if The token generation relies on weak or predictable sources such as timestamps, sequential IDs, or non-cryptographic random functions

A system is affected if it runs Kabir M Alhasan Student Management System 1.0 and the resetPassword.php file uses a weak 'sid' parameter for password reset token validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement cryptographically secure, randomly generated tokens for password reset functionality with proper validation, expiration, and single-use enforcement. Also implement account takeover protections such as rate limiting and notification of password changes.

Fix this in Student Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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