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StudentmanagerApplication · Zerowdd

CVE-2026-2201

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-09
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Public exploit Remotely reachable

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 security vulnerability has been detected in ZeroWdd studentmanager up to 2151560fc0a50ec00426785ec1e01a3763b380d9. This impacts the function addLeave of the file src/main/java/com/wdd/studentmanager/controller/LeaveController.java. The manipulation of the argument Reason for Leave leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This product uses a rolling release model to deliver continuous updates. As a result, specific version information for affected or updated releases is not available. The code repository of the project has not been active for many years.

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
How this class of weakness works · CWE-79

Untrusted input is placed into a web page without being neutralised, so an attacker's markup or script executes in another user's browser. That can hijack sessions, capture keystrokes, or silently perform actions as the victim. Fixing it properly means context-aware output encoding everywhere data meets HTML, backed by a content-security policy as a second line of defence.

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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
StudentmanagerApplication
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
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix Low confidence
  1. 1. Implement input validation and sanitization on the 'Reason for Leave' parameter in the addLeave function within LeaveController.java
  2. 2. Use a whitelist approach to validate the input, allowing only safe characters
  3. 3. Apply output encoding when displaying the leave reason data in any view layer (JSP, Thymeleaf, etc.)
  4. 4. Set HTTPOnly and Secure flags on session cookies to mitigate XSS impact
  5. 5. Consider implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers in the application
  6. 6. If the repository is abandoned, fork the project and apply these fixes manually
  7. 7. Alternatively, migrate to an actively maintained student information system with security updates
Caveat No official upgrade path exists as the project uses a rolling release model and has been inactive for many years; manual patching or migration to an alternative solution is required

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No vendor fix exists Studentmanager has not published a patch for this.

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