CVE-2025-9238
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 vulnerability was determined in Swatadru Exam-Seating-Arrangement up to 97335ccebf95468d92525f4255a2241d2b0b002f. Affected is an unknown function of the file /student.php of the component Student Login. Executing manipulation of the argument email can lead to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the student login functionality of /student.php. The 'email' parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL code and potentially access, modify, or delete database contents.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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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Locate the student.php file in your web rootSearch your web server document root for the file 'student.php' - common paths include /var/www/html/, /htdocs/, or your framework's public directoryAffected if The file /student.php exists and is accessible via web requests
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Verify the email parameter handling in the login codeOpen student.php and search for the 'email' parameter handling in the login functionality - look for $_POST['email'] or $_GET['email'] being used in SQL queriesAffected if The code directly uses the email parameter in SQL queries without visible sanitization or prepared statements
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Check for lack of parameterized queriesReview the student login SQL query code - search for queries like 'SELECT ... WHERE email=' followed by the email variable concatenationAffected if The SQL query constructs the query string by concatenating the email parameter directly (e.g., $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='" . $_POST['email'] . "'");
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Confirm the login functionality is exposed and operationalTest accessing the student.php page via HTTP/HTTPS - verify the login form is live and accepts email inputAffected if The student login page is accessible and functional, accepting user input to the email field
You are affected if student.php exists in your environment and the email parameter is used directly in SQL queries without prepared statements or input sanitization.
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 dataImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations involving user input. Apply input validation and sanitization on the email parameter. Consider deploying a WAF as a temporary compensating control until the code fix is implemented.
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