Student File Management SystemApplication · Fabian

CVE-2025-14623

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-13
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 weakness has been identified in code-projects Student File Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/update_student.php. This manipulation of the argument stud_id causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

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 · high confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in the Student File Management System 1.0's /admin/update_student.php file allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the stud_id parameter. The lack of input sanitization or parameterized queries enables unauthenticated attackers to potentially access, modify, or delete database contents.

MitigationReplace direct SQL query construction with prepared statements/parameterized queries in update_student.php, and conduct a security audit of the entire application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.

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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 File 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 if Fabian Student File Management System is installed
    Search the web server document root for files named 'update_student.php' or look for application directories containing 'student' and 'file management' in their paths.
    Affected if The application files exist on the system.
  2. Confirm the installed version
    Locate any version file, README, or changelog in the application directory that displays the version number.
    Affected if The version is 1.0 exactly.
  3. Verify the vulnerable file exists
    Check for the presence of /admin/update_student.php in the web server directory.
    Affected if The file /admin/update_student.php exists on the server.
  4. Determine if application is network accessible
    Verify the web server is running and the /admin/ endpoint is reachable from remote locations or the internet.
    Affected if The application admin interface is accessible over the network.
  5. Inspect the vulnerable code for SQL injection
    Review the source code of update_student.php and locate the SQL query handling the stud_id parameter. Check if the query uses direct string concatenation rather than prepared statements or parameter binding.
    Affected if The stud_id parameter is used directly in an SQL query without sanitization or parameterized queries.

If the Fabian Student File Management System version 1.0 is installed with the /admin/update_student.php file present and network-accessible, and the code shows the stud_id parameter is not sanitized or parameterized, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.

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

Replace direct SQL query construction with prepared statements/parameterized queries in update_student.php, and conduct a security audit of the entire application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Fix this in Student File Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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