Student EnrollmentApplication · Code Projects

CVE-2025-7191

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-08
Mitigation only
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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 has been found in code-projects Student Enrollment System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /login.php. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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 Student Enrollment System 1.0's login.php allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the Username parameter, potentially enabling authentication bypass, unauthorized database access, or data exfiltration.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries in login.php with parameterized queries (prepared statements) and implement proper input validation to prevent SQL injection.

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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 EnrollmentApplication
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. Locate the Student Enrollment System installation
    Search the web server's document root for a directory containing 'student' and 'enrollment' related files, or check for login.php
    Affected if The application is present on the server
  2. Confirm the application version
    Inspect the application's main index page, README file, or any version metadata for '1.0' designation
    Affected if The installed version is 1.0
  3. Identify the login.php file
    Find login.php in the enrollment system web directory (typically in the root or an 'admin' subdirectory)
    Affected if login.php exists in the application path
  4. Inspect SQL query handling in login.php
    Open login.php and examine how the Username parameter is used in SQL queries - look for direct string concatenation or unsanitized variable insertion into SQL statements
    Affected if The Username parameter is directly concatenated into SQL queries without prepared statements or parameterization
  5. Test the vulnerable parameter
    Submit a SQL injection payload in the Username field (e.g., ' OR '1'='1) to the login form and observe if authentication is bypassed or unexpected database behavior occurs
    Affected if The application accepts and executes SQL injection payloads in the Username field

If Student Enrollment System version 1.0 is installed and login.php contains direct SQL concatenation using the Username parameter without prepared statements, the environment is affected.

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 dynamic SQL queries in login.php with parameterized queries (prepared statements) and implement proper input validation to prevent SQL injection.

Fix this in Student Enrollment Scoped from the published advisory
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