School Management SystemApplication · Oranbyte

CVE-2025-11661

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-13
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
Public exploit 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 ProjectsAndPrograms School Management System up to 6b6fae5426044f89c08d0dd101c7fa71f9042a59. This affects an unknown part. Performing manipulation results in missing authentication. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery

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

A missing authentication vulnerability exists in ProjectsAndPrograms School Management System up to the specified commit, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to access protected resources or functions without proper credentials. The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing exploitation risk.

MitigationApply the latest patch or update from the vendor immediately given the critical CVSS score and publicly available exploit. If no patch exists, restrict network access to the application and audit all endpoints for proper authentication enforcement.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
School 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 installed product and version
    Locate the application files or admin panel and determine the exact version number of the School Management System. Check the about page, version info in the footer, or configuration files for the version string.
    Affected if The installed version is ProjectsAndPrograms School Management System or Oranbyte School Management System version 1.0 or any version up to the unpatched commit.
  2. Verify authentication is enforced on all endpoints
    Attempt to access protected pages or API endpoints directly via URL without logging in. Common protected areas include admin dashboards, student records, grade management, and financial pages.
    Affected if Any protected resource or function is accessible without providing valid credentials.
  3. Check for default or weak authentication configuration
    Review the application configuration files for authentication settings. Look for flags like 'require_login', 'auth_enabled', or session management configuration.
    Affected if Authentication is disabled, optional, or not properly configured for critical functions.
  4. Test publicly exposed API endpoints
    Send HTTP requests to common API paths (such as /api/, /ajax/, or /services/) without authentication headers or session cookies.
    Affected if API endpoints return sensitive data or allow actions without authentication tokens.

Your environment is affected if you run Oranbyte or ProjectsAndPrograms School Management System version 1.0 and any protected resource or function can be accessed without authentication.

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

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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

Apply the latest patch or update from the vendor immediately given the critical CVSS score and publicly available exploit. If no patch exists, restrict network access to the application and audit all endpoints for proper authentication enforcement.

Fix this in School Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation6.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
30.0 hours of engineering $5,280
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