CVE-2025-57515
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 · uneditedA SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Uniclare Student Portal v2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands via vulnerable input fields, enabling the execution of time-delay functions to infer database responses.
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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Uniclare Student Portal v2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands through vulnerable input fields, enabling time-based blind SQL injection to infer database responses.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Uniclare Student Portal v2 installationInspect web server document roots for 'uniclare' or 'studentportal' directories. Look for application login pages or branding elements referencing Uniclare Student Portal.Affected if The application directory exists and serves content identifying as Uniclare Student Portal v2.
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Determine installed versionCheck for version.txt, version.php, or similar version file within the application root. Review any 'about' or 'admin' pages that display software version. Compare against any documented version numbers from the vendor.Affected if Installed version falls within the affected version range for v2 (if determinable) or cannot be confirmed as patched.
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Identify exposed user input fieldsNavigate the application and catalog all input fields: login forms, student registration fields, search functionalities, profile update forms, and any GET/POST parameters accepting user data.Affected if The application accepts user input through web forms or URL parameters without visible evidence of input sanitization.
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Test for time-based SQL injection behaviorUsing a safe testing methodology, inject time-delay commands (such as SLEEP or WAITFOR) into identified input fields and observe delayed responses. For example, submit ' OR SLEEP(5)-- in form fields and measure response time.Affected if Application responses are delayed proportionally to injected sleep commands, indicating SQL execution of injected commands.
If Uniclare Student Portal v2 is installed with exposed input fields that exhibit time-delay behavior when injected with SQL syntax, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements across all user input handling points, implement strict input validation, and apply least-privilege database user permissions to limit exploitation impact.
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